The College Football Playoff results start the blueprint of the final USA TODAY Sports AFCA football coaches poll of the season. Tulane, at No. 9, had its highest finish since the end of the 1998 season and Pittsburgh + Fresno State join the rankings.
Dan Wolken looks at how the Georgia Bulldogs won back-to-back national championships.There is, of course, no suspense involving the No. 1 team in the final USA TODAY Sports AFCA coaches poll. Georgia left no doubt of that. The only question poll observers might have is whether TCU would be placed at second on the strength of its semifinal victory against Michigan, or voted lower on the heels of a 58-point loss.
We now have the answer. It wasn’t unanimous, but the Horned Frogs will finish at No. 2 as national runners-up. The other semifinalists from the Big Ten stay in the top four, with Michigan at No. 3 and Ohio State fourth, though the Buckeyes picked up nine second-place votes after taking the Bulldogs to the wire in the Peach Bowl.
The SEC claims the next two spots as Sugar Bowl champion Alabama lands at No. 5 and Orange Bowl winner Tennessee at No. 6. Penn State finishes at No. 7 after downing No. 11 Utah in the Rose Bowl, leaving No. 8 Washington the highest ranked Pac-12 squad in the final voting.
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