Final AP Top 25 Poll for College Football's 2001–2002 Season
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Voted on by panel of 72 sportswriters & broadcasters and released on Jan. 4, 2002, following the Rose 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 Aug. 11, 2001) and final regular season rank (released Dec. 9, 2001).
| Final Record |
Points | Bowl Game | Head Coach | Aug. 11 Rank |
Dec. 9 Rank |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami-FL (72) | 12-0 | 1,800 | won Rose | Larry Coker (1 yr: 12-0) | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Oregon | 11-1 | 1,726 | won Fiesta | Mike Bellotti (11 yrs: 81-48-2) | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | Florida | 10-2 | 1,611 | won Orange | Steve Spurrier (15 yrs: 142-40-2) | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 11-2 | 1,581 | won Citrus | Phillip Fulmer (10 yrs: 95-20) | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | Texas | 11-2 | 1,374 | won Holiday | Mack Brown (18 yrs: 124-87-1) | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 11-2 | 1,373 | won Cotton | Bob Stoops (3 yrs: 31-7) | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | LSU | 10-3 | 1,350 | won Sugar | Nick Saban (8 yrs: 61-33-1) | 14 | 12 |
| 8 | Nebraska | 11-2 | 1,348 | lost Rose | Frank Solich (4 yrs: 42-9) | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | Colorado | 10-3 | 1,335 | lost Fiesta | Gary Barnett (12 yrs: 63-72-2) | NR | 3 |
| 10 | Washington St. | 10-2 | 1,074 | won Sun | Mike Price (21 yrs: 119-119) | NR | 13 |
| 11 | Maryland | 10-2 | 1,065 | lost Orange | Ralph Friedgen (1 yr: 10-2) | NR | 6 |
| 12 | Illinois | 10-2 | 1,045 | lost Sugar | Ron Turner (5 yrs: 26-31) | NR | 7 |
| 13 | South Carolina | 9-3 | 975 | won Outback | Lou Holtz (30 yrs: 233-113-7) | 21 | 14 |
| 14 | Syracuse | 10-3 | 856 | won Insight.com | Paul Pasqualoni (16 yrs: 125-56-1) | NR | 18 |
| 15 | Florida St. | 8-4 | 686 | won Gator | Bobby Bowden (36 yrs: 323-91-4) | 6 | 24 |
| 16 | Stanford | 9-3 | 673 | lost Seattle | Tyrone Willingham (7 yrs: 44-36-1) | NR | 11 |
| 17 | Louisville | 11-2 | 621 | won Liberty | John L. Smith (13 yrs: 103-54) | NR | 23 |
| 18 | Virginia Tech | 8-4 | 437 | lost Gator | Frank Beamer (21 yrs: 149-88-4) | 9 | 15 |
| 19 | Washington | 8-4 | 414 | lost Holiday | Rick Neuheisel (6 yrs: 52-19) | 15 | 21 |
| 20 | Michigan | 8-4 | 325 | lost Citrus | Lloyd Carr (7 yrs: 66-20) | 12 | 17 |
| 21 | Boston College | 8-4 | 318 | won Music City | Tom O'Brien (5 yrs: 31-27) | NR | NR |
| 22 | Georgia | 8-4 | 277 | lost Music City | Mark Richt (1 yr: 8-4) | NR | 16 |
| 23 | Toledo | 10-2 | 237 | won Motor City | Tom Amstutz (1 yr: 10-2) | NR | 25 |
| 24 | Georgia Tech | 8-5 | 178 | won Seattle | George O'Leary (8 yrs: 52-33) | 10 | NR |
| & Mac McWhorter (1 yr: 1-0) | |||||||
| 25 | BYU | 12-2 | 144 | lost Liberty | Gary Crowton (4 yrs: 33-15) | NR | 19 |
Other teams receiving votes: 26. Marshall (11-2, won GMAC Bowl, 117 points); 27. Fresno State (11-3, lost Silicon Valley Classic, 104 pts); 28. Hawaii (9-3, no bowl, 95 pts); 29. Ohio State (7-5, lost Outback Bowl, 59 pts); 30. North Carolina (8-5, won Peach Bowl, 56 pts); 31. Texas A&M (8-4, won GalleryFurniture.com Bowl, 41 pts); 32. Michigan State (7-5, won Silicon Valley Classic, 37 pts); 33. Arkansas (7-5, lost Cotton Bowl, 31 pts); 34. Clemson (7-5, won Humanitarian Bowl) and Utah (8-4, won Las Vegas Bowl, 9 pts); 36. Mississippi (7-4, no bowl, 6 pts); 37. Alabama (7-5, won Independence Bowl), Pittsburgh (7-5, won Tangerine Bowl) and UCLA (7-4, no bowl, 4 pts), 40. Iowa (7-5, won Alamo Bowl, 1 pt).
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