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Last updated on February 1, 2009
Final AP Top 20 Writers' poll taken after bowl games. | | | Final Record | Head Coach | Before Bowls |
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| 1 | Notre Dame | 11–0–0 | Ara Parseghian | 10–0–0 | | 2 | Ohio St. | 10–0–1 | Woody Hayes | 9–0–1 | | 3 | Oklahoma | 10–0–1 | Barry Switzer | same | | 4 | Alabama | 11–1–0 | Bear Bryant | 11–0–0 | | 5 | Penn St. | 12–0–0 | Joe Paterno | 11–0–0 | | 6 | Michigan | 10–0–1 | Bo Schembechler | same | | 7 | Nebraska | 9–2–1 | Tom Osborne | 8–2–1 | | 8 | Southern Cal | 9–2–1 | John McKay | 9–1–1 | | 9 | Arizona St. | 11–1–0 | Frank Kush | 10–1–0 | | | Houston | 11–1–0 | Bill Yeoman | 10–1–0 | | 11 | Texas Tech | 11–1–0 | Jim Carlen | 10–1–0 | | 12 | UCLA | 9–2–0 | Pepper Rodgers | same | | 13 | LSU | 9–3–0 | Charlie McClendon | 9–2–0 | | 14 | Texas | 8–3–0 | Darrell Royal | 8–2–0 | | 15 | Miami, OH | 11–0–0 | Bill Mallory | 10–0–0 | | 16 | N.C. State | 9–3–0 | Lou Holtz | 8–3–0 | | 17 | Missouri | 8–4–0 | Al Onofrio | 7–4–0 | | 18 | Kansas | 7–4–1 | Don Fambrough | 7–3–1 | | 19 | Tennessee | 8–4–0 | Bill Battle | 8–3–0 | | 20 | Maryland | 8–4–0 | Jerry Claiborne | 8–3–0 | | | Tulane | 9–3–0 | Bennie Ellender | 9–2–0 |
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