2020 Postseason Associated Press FBS College Football Poll

This is the postseason Associated Press poll, released on December 20, 2020:

1) Alabama, 11-0 (62) (1550)

2) Clemson, 10-1 (1482)

3) Ohio State, 6-0 (1424)

4) Notre Dame, 10-1 (1338) 

5) Texas A&M, 8-1 (1297) 

6) Cincinnati, 9-0 (1262)

7) Indiana, 6-1 (1123)

8) Oklahoma, 8-2 (1088)

9) Coastal Carolina, 11-0 (1024)
10) Florida, 8-3 (1001) 

11) Georgia, 7-2 (959)
12) Iowa State, 8-3 (902)

13) BYU, 10-1 (779)

14) North Carolina, 8-3 (685)
15) Northwestern, 6-2 (666)
16) Louisiana, 9-1 (642)

17) Iowa, 6-2 (556)
18) Miami (Florida), 8-2 (475)
19) San Jose State, 7-0 (372)
20) Texas, 6-3 (291)
21) USC, 5-1 (276)
22) Tulsa, 6-2 (274)
23) Liberty, 9-1 (207)
24) NC State, 8-3 (181)
25) Oregon, 4-2 (126)

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 115, Army 36, Buffalo 15, UCF 14, Marshall 13, Ball State 11, Washington 7, UAB 5, North Dakota State 4, TCU 4, Memphis 2, Colorado 1.

Access the poll: here

The Associated Press began its college football poll on October 19, 1936. It is the longest-running poll of those that award national titles at the end of the season. The preseason poll was started in 1950. A panel of 60 sports writers and broadcasters from around the country votes on the poll weekly. The AP Top 25 is determined by a simple points system based on how each voter ranks the teams. A team receives 25 points for each first- place vote, 24 for second place and so on through to the 25th team, which receives one point. The rankings are set by listing the point totals from highest to lowest.

 

For the 2020 season, only teams that played games in the fall were eligible to be included the poll.