Ohio State was No. 1 within the closing Related Press High 25 school soccer ballot of the season Tuesday after beating Notre Dame for its first nationwide championship since 2014.
The Buckeyes (14-2) obtained each first-place vote following their principally dominant run by the School Soccer Playoff. The Irish (14-2) completed No. 2 for his or her highest end-of-season rating since 1993.
Oregon (13-1), which had been No. 1 in eight straight polls coming into the playoff, misplaced to Ohio State within the Rose Bowl quarterfinal and completed No. 3. The Geese’ earlier excessive closing rating was No. 2 in 2014.
Texas (13-3) and Penn State, which each reached the semifinals, rounded out the highest 5. The Longhorns completed within the prime 5 for a second straight 12 months for the primary time since 2008-09. The Nittany Lions ended within the prime 5 for the primary time since 2005.
It’s the primary time the Big Ten has had three groups within the closing prime 5.
No. 6 Georgia (13-3) was the highest-ranked workforce that didn’t make the 12-team playoff. The Bulldogs had been adopted by Arizona State (11-3), Boise State (12-2), Tennessee (10-3) and Indiana (11-2).
No. 11 Ole Miss (10-3), which closed with a powerful Gator Bowl win over Duke, and No. 13 BYU (11-2), which routed Colorado within the Alamo Bowl, had been ranked forward of two playoff groups from the ACC, SMU and Clemson.
SMU (11-3) moved up one spot to No. 12, forward of No. 14 Clemson (10-4), though it misplaced to the Tigers within the ACC championship recreation and by 4 touchdowns to Penn State within the first spherical of the playoff. The Mustangs’ closing rating was their highest since they had been eighth in 1984. Clemson, which misplaced to Texas within the first spherical, has been ranked within the closing ballot yearly since 2011.
Alabama took the largest fall, six spots to No. 17. The Crimson Tide dropped two of their final three underneath first-year coach Kalen DeBoer, together with a 19-13 bowl loss to Michigan. It is the lowest Alabama’s been ranked within the closing AP ballot of a season since 2007, when Nick Saban went 7-6 in his first season because the Crimson Tide’s head coach.
Ohio State had its lowest rating of the season, at No. 7, following its 13-10 loss to 21-point-underdog Michigan on Nov. 30. The Buckeyes went into the playoff No. 6 and performed their greatest ball of the season, beating Tennessee 42-17, Oregon 41-21, Texas 28-14 and Notre Dame 34-23 within the championship recreation in Atlanta on Tuesday night time.
The Buckeyes gained their sixth AP nationwide championship. Additionally they gained in 1942, 1954, 1968, 2002 and 2014.
Ohio State’s five-spot promotion to No. 1 matched the largest within the closing ballot. Mississippi and No. 16 Illinois (10-3) additionally jumped 5 spots.
The Southeastern Convention’s seven groups within the closing High 25 are probably the most since 2013.
Big 12 champion Arizona State (11-3) has its highest closing rating for the reason that 1996 Rose Bowl workforce was No. 4.
Mountain West champion Boise State completed within the prime 10 for the primary time since 2011.
No. 23 UNLV (11-3), which matched its faculty report for wins, is ranked on the finish of the season for the primary time.
No groups that had been ranked within the earlier ballot on Dec. 8 had been voted out of the High 25.
Right here is how the ultimate AP High 25 ballot broke down by convention:
SEC — 7 (Nos. 4, 6, 9, 11, 17, 19, 22)
Large Ten — 5 (Nos. 1, 3, 5, 10, 16)
ACC — 4 (Nos. 12, 14, 18, 20)
Large 12 — 4 (Nos. 7, 13, 15, 25)
AAC — 2 (Nos. 21, 24)
Mountain West — 2 (Nos. 8, 23)
Impartial — 1 (No. 2)
Here is the total prime 25:
1. Ohio State
2. Notre Dame
3. Oregon
4. Texas
5. Penn State
6. Georgia
7. Arizona State
8. Boise State
9. Tennessee
10. Indiana
11. Ole Miss
12. SMU
13. BYU
14. Clemson
15. Iowa State
16. Illinois
17. Alabama
18. Miami (Fla.)
19. South Carolina
20. Syracuse
21. Army
22. Missouri
23. UNLV
24. Memphis
25. Colorado
Reporting by The Related Press.
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