Final Top 25 of 2009 Season

January 10, 2010

Congratulations to the Alabama Crimson Tide on becoming the 2009 BCS National Champions. The BCS got it right this year, even if there was a playoff, Alabama and Texas most likely would have found their ways to Pasadena. Alabama took care of Florida, Florida finally took care of Cincinnati who should have never even been undefeated, and Boise exposed TCU. It seems like the college football season flew by this year. It's really over. It feels like yesterday that the preseason rankings were out. I've been watching every game I could all year and seeing different teams and evaluating them and putting together my rankings. After 241 seen games this year, I've seen 118 of the 120 FBS teams play at least once, and now I put out my final college football rankings of the 2009 season.

I don't give too much credit to the official rankings and don't see them before I put my rankings together, but included below are in parentheses are the official final season rankings and it's also interesting just to see how things have changed since the Preseason, so I included all the previous rankings too.

My Final Top 25
*Note: (AP Poll rankings/Coaches' Poll ranking)
*below the team all the numbers are where they were in MY rankings week by week in order (Preseason, Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, etc.)
1. Alabama 14-0 (1/1)
10, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 1
2. Texas 13-1 (2/2)
2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2
3. Florida 13-1 (3/3)
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4
4. Boise State 14-0 (4/4)
11, 11, 10, 9, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 5
5. Ohio State 11-2 (5/5)
4, 7, 13, 11, 5, 8, 7, 15, 15, 13, 10, 8, 8, 7, 7
6. TCU 12-1 (6/6)
14, 17, 15, 13, 12, 10, 9, 7, 7, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
7. Iowa 11-2 (7/7)
23, NR, NR, NR, 15, 13, 12, 9, 8, 7, 15, 18, 15, 11, 11
8. Virginia Tech 10-3 (10/10)
8, 14, 12, 15, 7, 7, 4, 12, 12, 20, 19, 12, 11, 9, 10
9. Penn State (9/8)
12, 6, 6, 5, 20, 17, 15, 14, 13, 11, 20, 13, 12, 10, 12
10. Oregon 10-3 (11/11)
15, NR, NR, 23, 17, 16, 13, 11, 10, 6, 14, 11, 10, 8, 8
11. Brigham Young 11-2 (12/12)
25, 12, 7, NR, 24, 18, 18, 17, NR, NR, 24, 19, 16, 15, 14
12. Georgia Tech 11-3 (13/13)
13, 16, 14, NR, NR, NR, 24, 13, 11, 10, 8, 7, 7, 13, 9
13. Nebraska 10-4 (14/14)
21, 19, 18, NR, NR, NR, 19, NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, 24, 22
14. Cincinnati 12-1 (8/9)
NR, 25, 20, 16, 10, 9, 8, 6, 6, 8, 6, 6, 6, 5, 6
15. Pittsburgh 10-3 (15/15)
NR, NR, NR, 25, NR, NR, NR, 21, 19, 17, 11, 9, 9, 14, 16
16. Utah 10-3 (18/18)
22, 20, 19, NR, NR, NR, 21, 19, 20, 18, 17, NR, 23, NR, 18
17. LSU 9-4 (17/17)
5, 9, 9, 8, 8, 5, 11, 10, 9, 9, 7, 10, 17, 12, 13
18. Wisconsin (16/16)
NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, 25, NR, NR, NR, NR, 22, 17, NR, NR, 23
19. USC 9-4 (22/20)
6, 3, 3, 10, 4, 4, 6, 4, 4, 12, 9, 23, 18, 17, 24
20. Texas Tech 9-4 (21/23)
NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, 23, 25, 23, 21, NR, NR, NR, NR
21. Clemson 9-5 (24/NR)
NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, 23, 15, 14, 23, NR
22. West Virginia 9-4 (25/22)
NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, 22, 21, NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, 21
23. Miami 9-4 (19/19)
NR, NR, NR, 12, 18, 11, 10, 8, 17, 14, 13, 21, 20, 16, 15
24. Oklahoma 8-5 (NR/NR)
3, 13, 11, 7, 9, 20, 14, 18, 18, 16, NR, NR, NR, 25, NR
25. Central Michigan 12-2 (23/24)
NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, 25, NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, 25

Teams that began in Top 25 but did not finish:
Ole Miss began #7
Oklahoma State began #9
Florida State began #16
Notre Dame began #17
Georgia began #18
California began #19
Kansas began #20
South Florida began #24

Teams that appeared in Top 25 during season but did not finish:
(x) = highest ranking
North Carolina (18)
Missouri (21)
Houston (12)
Michigan (20)
Auburn (19)
South Carolina (23)
Arizona (16)
Rutgers (25)
Oregon State (18)
Stanford (16)