A familiar champion ended the 2015 college football season No. 1 and crowned national champion: Alabama.

Oregon in the final AP poll

2015: No. 19

2014: No. 2

2013: No. 9

2012: No. 2

2011: No. 4

2010: No. 3

2009: No. 11

2008: No. 10

2007: No. 23

2005: No. 12

2001: No. 2

2000: No. 7

1999: No. 19

1995: No. 18

1994: No. 11

1948: No. 9

After Monday's 45-40 win against previously No. 1 and undefeated Clemson in the College Football Playoff National Championship in Glendale, Arizona, the Crimson Tide have now won four national championships in the past seven seasons under coach Nick Saban, who personally owns five titles when including his 2003 title at LSU.

Closer to home, the season finished with the Oregon Ducks in an unusual place amid its recent run of success.

Oregon's No. 19 ranking in the season's final Associated Press Top 25 poll is its lowest AP finish since 2007, which prior to this fall was the last time Oregon failed to win 10 games in a season. It also marks just the second time in the past seven seasons that UO finishes ranked outside of the top 10.

The Ducks' streak of seven consecutive seasons with double-digit victories was snapped Jan. 2 when their 31-0 halftime lead over TCU at the Alamo Bowl evaporated in a triple-overtime loss that left UO 9-4 in the third season under coach Mark Helfrich, who only receives a bonus for finishing among the AP's top 10.

Along with No. 7 TCU, Oregon's losses this season came against teams that finished No. 6 (Michigan State) and No. 17 (Utah); it beat one ranked team in No. 3 Stanford.

Taking the longer view, Oregon's No. 19 ranking means it has finished ranked among the top 25 teams for the 16th time in school history -- and for a ninth consecutive season.

The final AP poll results of the 2015 college football season:

1. Alabama (14-1)

2. Clemson (14-1)

3. Stanford (12-2)

4. Ohio State (12-1)

5. Oklahoma (11-2)

6. Michigan State (12-2)

7. TCU (11-2)

8. Houston (13-1)

9. Iowa (12-2)

10. Mississippi (10-3)

11. Notre Dame (10-3)

12. Michigan (10-3)

13. Baylor (10-3)

14. Florida State (10-3)

15. North Carolina (11-3)

16. LSU (9-3)

17. Utah (10-3)

18. Navy (11-2)

19. Oregon (9-4)

20. Oklahoma State (10-3)

21. Wisconsin (10-3)

22. Tennessee (9-4)

23. Northwestern (10-3)

24. Western Kentucky (12-2)

25. Florida (10-4)

-- Andrew Greif

agreif@oregonian.com

@andrewgreif