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Final AP Top 25 Poll

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).

2001–2002 Season

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Final AP Top 25 Poll

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