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Final AP Top 25 Poll

Voted on by panel of 67 sportswriters & broadcasters and released on Jan. 3, 1998, following the Orange Bowl: winning team receives the Bear Bryant Trophy, given since 1983; first place votes in parentheses, records, total points (based on 25 for 1st, 24 for 2nd, etc.) bowl game result, head coach and career record, preseason rank (released on Aug. 10, 1997) and final regular season rank (released Dec. 7, 1997).

		Final Record	Points	Bowl Game	Head Coach	Aug. 10 Rank	Dec. 7 Rank
1	Michigan (51¹/2)	12-0	1731¹/2	won Rose	Lloyd Carr (3 yrs: 29-8-0)	14	1
2	Nebraska (18¹/2)	13-0	1698¹/2	won Orange	Tom Osborne (25 yrs: 255-49-3)	6	2
3	Florida St.	11-1	1599	won Sugar	Bobby Bowden (32 yrs: 281-83-4)	3	4
4	Florida	10-2	1455	won Citrus	Steve Spurrier (11 yrs: 103-29-2)	2	6
5	UCLA	10-2	1413	won Cotton	Bob Toledo (8 yrs: 44-43-0)	30	5
6	North Carolina	11-1	1397	won Gator	Mack Brown (14 yrs: 87-74-1)	7	7
7	Tennessee	11-2	1320	lost Orange	Phillip Fulmer (6 yrs: 53-11-0)	5	3
8	Kansas St.	11-1	1302	won Fiesta	Bill Snyder (9 yrs: 66-37-1)	23	10
9	Washington St.	10-2	1259	lost Rose	Mike Price (17 yrs: 99-93-0)	44t	8
10	Georgia	10-2	1121	won Outback	Jim Donnan (8 yrs: 79-29-0)	36	12
11	Auburn	10-3	1025	won Peach	Terry Bowden (14 yrs: 111-47-2)	16	13
12	Ohio St.	10-3	975	lost Sugar	John Cooper (21 yrs: 167-73-6)	9	9
13	LSU	9-3	856	won Independence	Gerry DiNardo (7 yrs: 45-34-1)	10	15
14	Arizona St.	8-3	773	won Sun	Bruce Snyder (18 yrs: 108-88-5)	27	16
15	Purdue	9-3	715	won Alamo	Joe Tiller (7 yrs: 48-33-1)	NR	17
16	Penn St.	9-3	706	lost Citrus	Joe Paterno (32 yrs: 298-77-3)	1	11
17	Colorado St.	11-2	673	won Holiday	Sonny Lubick (9 yrs: 62-38-0)	26	18
18	Washington	8-4	617	won Aloha	Jim Lambright (4 yrs: 38-18-1)	4	21
19	So. Mississippi	9-3	490	won Liberty	Jeff Bower (8 yrs: 43-35-1)	37	22
20	Texas A&M	9-4	421	lost Cotton	R.C. Slocum (9 yrs: 83-25-2)	28	20
21	Syracuse	9-4	331	lost Fiesta	Paul Pasqualoni (12 yrs: 104-39-1)	17	14
22	Mississippi	8-4	255	won Motor City	Tommy Tuberville (3 yrs: 19-15-0)	NR	NR
23	Missouri	7-5	175	lost Holiday	Larry Smith (21 yrs: 128-107-7)	NR	19
24	Oklahoma St.	8-4	72	lost Alamo	Bob Simmons (3 yrs: 17-18-0)	NR	24
25	Georgia Tech	7-5	64	won Carquest	George O'Leary (3 yrs: 18-19-0)	41t	NR

Other teams receiving votes: 26. Arizona (7-5, 59 points, won Insight.com); 27. Oregon (7-5, 50 pts, won Las Vegas); 28. Air Force (10-3, 37 pts, lost Las Vegas); 29. Marshall (10-3, 33 pts, lost Motor City); 30. Virginia (7-4, 31 pts, no bowl); 31. Clemson (7-5, 27 pts, lost Peach); 32. Louisiana Tech (9-2, 20 pts, no bowl); 33. Mississippi St. (7-4, 15 pts, no bowl); 34. Michigan St. (7-5, 9 pts, lost Aloha); 35. Wisconsin (8-5, 8 pts, no bowl); 36. New Mexico (9-4, 6 pts, lost Insight.com); 37. Cincinnati (8-4, 5 pts, won Humanitarian); 38. Notre Dame (7-6, 3 pts, lost Independence); 39. Iowa (7-5, 2 pts, lost Sun); 40. Virginia Tech (7-5, 1 pt, lost Gator).

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