2014 Final AP Football Poll
MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Memphis makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/12/2004 poll (175 polls)
- Michigan State makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the final 2013 poll (16 polls)
- Ohio State makes first appearance at #1 since the 10/10/2010 poll (74 polls)
Weekly Streaks:
- Florida State's Top 5 streak ends at 26
- Mississippi State's Top 10 streak ends at 10
- Ohio State's Top 25 streak reaches 50
- Oregon's Top 10 streak reaches 10
Season Streaks:
- Florida State's final poll streak reaches 5
- LSU's final poll streak ends at 5
- Oklahoma's final poll streak ends at 4
- South Carolina's final poll streak ends at 4
- Stanford's final poll streak ends at 4
- Texas' season streak ends at 20
Total Appearances:
- Marshall ties Princeton for #91
- Memphis ties several others for #141
- Mississippi State ties Houston for #46
Ohio State:
- now holds the lowest rank for each month by an AP National Champion
- allowed the seventh and ninth most points in a game by an AP National Champion
- is first team to jump from #5 to #1 in the final AP poll since Miami in 1983
- is first AP National Champion to come from outside the top 2 in the final regular season poll since 1996 (#3 Florida)
- is first AP National Champion to lose to an unranked team since Florida in 2008
- coach Urban Meyer is the eighth coach to win three or more AP National Championships, and the only one to do it at more than one school
2014 AP Voters
NOTES
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- Regular season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), and 1989-present had 25 teams.
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