{"id":126569,"date":"2026-01-21T16:45:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126569\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:45:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:45:38","slug":"ap-top-25-poll-indiana-tops-final-college-football-rankings-after-beating-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126569\/","title":{"rendered":"AP Top 25 poll: Indiana tops final college football rankings after beating Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Indiana<\/a> completed the first 16-0 season in college football<\/a> history after defeating Miami<\/a> 27-21 in the CFP National Championship. With the win, the Hoosiers rightfully ended as the No. 1 team in the final AP Top 25 poll for the first time in program history. Indiana defeated Alabama<\/a>, Oregon<\/a> and Miami en route to the title.<\/p>\n

Miami finished No. 2 in the final poll after making a magical run to the title game. The Hurricanes defeated Texas A&M<\/a>, Ohio State<\/a> and Ole Miss<\/a> to put the program in position to play for their first national title since 2001. This marks Miami’s highest ranking in the final poll since finishing No. 2 in 2002.<\/p>\n

Oregon, the team that was the No. 1 seed during the inaugural 12-team CFP last season, finished No. 4 in the final poll. The Ducks advanced to the CFP semifinals after a statement win over Texas Tech<\/a> in the Orange Bowl. Oregon finished in the top 10 of the final poll for the fourth time since 2019.<\/p>\n

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Way-too-early top 25 college football rankings for 2026 season: Ohio State, Texas, Georgia lead the way<\/p>\n

\n Brandon Marcello <\/p>\n

\"Way-too-early<\/p>\n

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\nAP Top 25 poll\u00a0<\/p>\n

1. Indiana (66)
2. Miami
3. Ole Miss
4. Oregon
5. Ohio State
6. Georgia<\/a>
7. Texas Tech
8. Texas A&M
9. Alabama
10. Notre Dame<\/a>
11. BYU<\/a>
12. Texas<\/a>
13. Oklahoma<\/a>
14. Utah<\/a>
15. Vanderbilt<\/a>
16. Virginia<\/a>
17. Iowa<\/a>
18. Tulane<\/a>
19. James Madison<\/a>
20. USC<\/a>
21. Michigan<\/a>
22. Houston<\/a>
23. Navy<\/a>
24. North Texas<\/a>
25. TCU<\/a><\/p>\n

Others receiving votes: Illinois<\/a> 123, Washington<\/a> 76, SMU<\/a> 69, Duke<\/a> 58, Arizona<\/a> 54, Georgia Tech<\/a> 44, Tennessee<\/a> 10, Missouri<\/a> 8, Louisville<\/a> 7, Louisville 3, Western Michigan<\/a> 2, Wake Forest<\/a> 2, Hawaii<\/a> 1, Boise State<\/a> 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Imagn Images Indiana completed the first 16-0 season in college football history after defeating Miami 27-21 in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2531,62661,11314,24054,10243,143,53637,11450,1853,20125,45856,6795,4690,10713,2515,7122,123,4641,125,5079,124,10480,20085,4699,10783,4684,6790,9918,10481,14591,6762,6794,5537,10253,2526,10531,4682,10537],"class_list":["post-126569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-alabama-crimson-tide","tag-ap-rankings","tag-cfp-rankings","tag-college-football-playoff-bracket","tag-college-football-rankings","tag-college-football","tag-curt-cignetti","tag-fernando-mendoza","tag-georgia","tag-hawaii-rainbow-warriors","tag-heisman-trophy","tag-indiana-hoosiers","tag-james-madison-dukes","tag-lane-kiffin","tag-louisville-cardinals","tag-mario-cristobal","tag-miami","tag-miami-fla-hurricanes","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-hurricanes","tag-miami-news","tag-missouri-tigers","tag-national-championship","tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","tag-ohio-state","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-oklahoma-sooners","tag-ole-miss","tag-ole-miss-rebels","tag-oregon","tag-oregon-ducks","tag-tcu-horned-frogs","tag-texas","tag-texas-am-aggies","tag-texas-tech-red-raiders","tag-utah-utes","tag-virginia-cavaliers","tag-washington-huskies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}