For the first time since 2018, Syracuse football finishes the season ranked inside the Top 25. SU checks in at #20 in the final Associated Press Top 25 college football poll of the season. Syracuse finished 10-3 under Fran Brown in his first season as head coach at Syracuse.

Ohio State leads the coaches’ final top 25. It is followed by No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Texas, No. 4 Oregon and No. 5 Penn State. Four of those five top teams were college playoff semifinalists. Oregon, which fell in the quarterfinal to Ohio State, boasted the year’s best regular-season resume.

Buckeyes rule Ohio State is the national champion. That means the Buckeyes own the top spot in the final AP Top 25 college football poll. Now that the obvious is out of the way who followed Ohio State in the final rankings?