ARLINGTON, Texas – The four teams that made the College Football Playoff are in the top five of the final AP poll, but two are behind a team that missed out.

Ohio State finishes the year atop the AP poll after beating Oregon 42-20 in for the national title Monday night and TCU, which demolished Ole Miss in the Peach Bowl, jumps up to No. 3 from No. 6 in the pre-bowl poll.

TCU was at No. 3 in the next-to-last set of College Football Playoff rankings but fell out of the top four in the final rankings after Baylor beat Kansas State and Ohio State beat Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship.

Oregon finishes the year at No. 2 and Alabama is at No. 4. Florida State, which lost to Oregon in the Rose Bowl, is at No. 5 in a tie with Michigan State.

After beating Mississippi State in the Orange Bowl, Georgia Tech moved up to No. 8. The entire poll is below.

1. Ohio State (59 first place votes)

2. Oregon

3. TCU

4. Alabama

5. Florida State

5. Michigan State

7. Baylor

8. Georgia Tech

9. Georgia

10. UCLA

11. Mississippi State

12. Arizona State

13. Wisconsin

14. Missouri

15. Clemson

16. Boise State

17. Ole Miss

18. Kansas State

19. Arizona

20. USC

21. Utah

22. Auburn

23. Marshall

24. Louisville

25. Memphis

















































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