Big Ten puts 3 teams in the top 5 of the final AP top 25 of the season

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The Big Ten dominated the top of the final AP Top 25 of the year.

Indiana was the obvious and unanimous choice at No. 1 following the Hoosiers’ 27-21 win over Miami in Monday night’s national title game. The Hurricanes were voted No. 2 ahead of Ole Miss at No. 3.

Oregon and Ohio State rounded out the top five to give the Big Ten three of the top-five teams in the last set of rankings. Oregon lost the Peach Bowl to Indiana, while Ohio State fell in the quarterfinals of the College Football Playoff to Miami at the Cotton Bowl.

The Buckeyes were the No. 2 seed in the CFP. The No. 3 seed, Georgia, finishes the year at No. 6 in the AP poll ahead of Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Alabama and Notre Dame in the top 10. While the Big Ten had three teams in the top five, the SEC had four teams in the top 10.

BYU and Texas came in at Nos. 11 and 12 ahead of No. 13 Oklahoma. The Sooners lost their first-round playoff game at home to Alabama and Texas beat Oklahoma during the regular season. BYU lost the Big 12 title game to Texas Tech and missed out on the playoff.

The final two teams from the playoff in the AP rankings were the two non-power teams. Tulane finishes the year at No. 18 after losing to Ole Miss and James Madison is at No. 19 after its first-round loss to Oregon.

Here’s the full set of rankings.

1. Indiana (16-0)

2. Miami (13-3)

3. Ole Miss (13-2)

4. Oregon (13-2)

5. Ohio State (12-2)

6. Georgia (12-2)

7. Texas Tech (12-2)

8. Texas A&M (11-2)

9. Alabama (11-4)

10. Notre Dame (10-2)

11. BYU (12-2)

12. Texas (10-3)

13. Oklahoma (10-3)

14. Utah (11-2)

15. Vanderbilt (10-3)

16. Virginia (11-3)

17. Iowa (9-4)

18. Tulane (11-3)

19. James Madison (12-2)

20. USC (9-4)

21. Michigan (9-4)

22. Houston (10-3)

23. Navy (11-2)

24. North Texas (12-2)

25. TCU (9-4)

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