USF lands at No. 19 in final AP Poll
Junior running back Marlon Mack and and quarterback Quinton Flowers celebrate a touchdown in a 46-39 win over South Carolina in the Birmingham Bowl on Dec. 29. ORACLE PHOTO/JACKIE BENITEZ.
With last night’s last-second heroics by Clemson’s Deshaun Watson to lift the Tigers over Alabama in the College Football Playoff National Championship, an authoritative stamp was put on the college football season.
Quickly following college football's biggest show came the final AP rankings of the season which saw USF finish 19th.It is the first time in program history that the Bulls finished the season ranked.
USF capped off the program’s first 11-win season with a 46-39 win over South Carolina in the Birmingham Bowl on Dec. 29.
USF was the lone AAC team remaining in the rankings with Houston, a once top-10 team, and AAC champion Temple not making the cut.
The Bulls were ranked ahead of five Power 5 schools including Miami, Louisville and Auburn, which all were ranked inside the top 10 at one point this season.
| 1 |
Clemson (60)
ACC
Record: 14-1
|
PV Rank
3 Points
1,500 |
|
| 2 |
Alabama
SEC
Record: 14-1
|
1
1,440
|
|
| 3 |
USC
Pac-12
Record: 10-3
|
9
1,292
|
|
| 4 |
Washington
Pac-12
Record: 12-2
|
4
1,277
|
|
| 5 |
Oklahoma
Big 12
Record: 11-2
|
7
1,252
|
|
| 6 |
Ohio State
Big Ten
Record: 11-2
|
2
1,240
|
|
| 7 |
Penn State
Big Ten
Record: 11-3
|
5
1,130
|
|
| 8 |
Florida State
ACC
Record: 10-3
|
10
1,105
|
|
| 9 |
Wisconsin
Big Ten
Record: 11-3
|
8
1,032
|
|
| 10 |
Michigan
Big Ten
Record: 10-3
|
6
1,001
|
|
| 11 |
Oklahoma State
Big 12
Record: 10-3
|
13
920
|
|
| 12 |
Stanford
Pac-12
Record: 10-3
|
16
730
|
|
| 13 |
LSU
SEC
Record: 8-4
|
19
651
|
|
| 14 |
Florida
SEC
Record: 9-4
|
20
640
|
|
| 15 |
Western Michigan
Mid-American
Record: 13-1
|
12
619
|
|
| 16 |
Virginia Tech
ACC
Record: 10-4
|
18
610
|
|
| 17 |
Colorado
Pac-12
Record: 10-4
|
11
585
|
|
| 18 |
West Virginia
Big 12
Record: 10-3
|
14
368
|
|
| 19 |
South Florida
The American
Record: 11-2
|
25
358
|
|
| 20 |
Miami (FL)
ACC
Record: 9-4
|
–
338
|
|
| 21 |
Louisville
ACC
Record: 9-4
|
15
277
|
|
| 22 |
Tennessee
SEC
Record: 9-4
|
–
253
|
|
| 23 |
Utah
Pac-12
Record: 9-4
|
–
222
|
|
| 24 |
Auburn
SEC
Record: 8-5
|
17
206
|
|
| 25 |
San Diego State
Mountain West
Record: 11-3
|
–
113
|
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