Alabama Positioned to Become 3rd Wire-to-Wire AP No. 1

Alabama heads into the postseason with a chance to become the third wire-to-wire champion in the history of The Associated Press college football poll.

The Crimson Tide was No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 of the regular season Sunday, just as it has been since the preseason. Ohio State is No. 2, Clemson is No. 3 and Washington is No. 4.

The College Football Playoff pairings were to be released later Sunday.

Penn State was fifth, followed by Michigan, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.

The Crimson Tide enters the postseason looking to win back-to-back championships and to join Florida State in 1999 and Southern California in 2004 as the only teams to be AP No. 1 from start to finish.

Alabama would be the 12th team to win two straight AP championships.

Here are the Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 3, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

	Record	Pts	Pv
1. Alabama (61)	13-0	1525	1
2. Ohio St.	11-1	1444	2
3. Clemson	12-1	1396	3
4. Washington	12-1	1329	4
5. Penn St.	11-2	1252	8
6. Michigan	10-2	1249	5
7. Oklahoma	10-2	1173	7
8. Wisconsin	10-3	1054	6
9. Southern Cal	9-3	1040	10
10. Florida St.	9-3	889	12
11. Colorado	10-3	886	9
12. W. Michigan	13-0	871	13
13. Oklahoma St.	9-3	800	11
14. West Virginia	10-2	788	14
15. Louisville	9-3	542	16
16. Stanford	9-3	508	17
17. Auburn	8-4	493	18
18. Virginia Tech	9-4	372	19
19. LSU	7-4	351	21
20. Florida	8-4	331	15
21. Iowa	8-4	272	22
22. Pittsburgh	8-4	237	24
23. Temple	10-3	229	NR
24. Nebraska	9-3	196	23
25. South Florida	10-2	173	24

Others receiving votes: Houston 101, Utah 99, Boise St. 95, Washington St. 31, Texas A&M 26, Air Force 20, Navy 15, Tennessee 12, San Diego St. 8, W. Kentucky 7, Miami 6, Georgia Tech 3, Kansas St. 2.

Filed Under: 2016 Alabama Football, Road to 17

Categories: Alabama, Alabama Football, College Football, Top 25