(AP) -- Alabama heads into the postseason with a chance to become the third wire-to-wire champion in the history of The Associated Press college football poll.
The Crimson Tide was No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 of the regular season Sunday, just as it has been since the preseason. Ohio State is No. 2, Clemson is No. 3 and Washington is No. 4.
The College Football Playoff pairings were to be released later Sunday.
Penn State was fifth, followed by Michigan, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.
The Crimson Tide enters the postseason looking to win back-to-back championships and to join Florida State in 1999 and Southern California in 2004 as the only teams to be AP No. 1 from start to finish.
Alabama would be the 12th team to win two straight AP championships.
POLL POINTS
UP
With so few teams playing on championship weekend, there was not much movement in the rankings.
-- Penn State jumped three spots by winning the Big Ten title game.
-- No. 7 Oklahoma moved up two after beating Oklahoma State to win the Big 12.
-- No. 18 Virginia Tech lost 42-35 to Clemson in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game and moved up one spot.
DOWN
-- No. 20 Florida dropped five spots after getting blown out by Alabama in the Southeastern Conference title game.
IN
-- No. 23 Temple beat Navy for the American Athletic Conference championship and moved into the rankings for the first time this season.
OUT
-- Navy dropped out.
CONFERENCE CALL
Big Ten -- 6
ACC -- 5
Pac-12 -- 4
SEC -- 4
Big 12 -- 3
American -- 2
MAC -- 1
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 3, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pv
1. Alabama (61) 13-0 1525 1
2. Ohio St. 11-1 1444 2
3. Clemson 12-1 1396 3
4. Washington 12-1 1329 4
5. Penn St. 11-2 1252 8
6. Michigan 10-2 1249 5
7. Oklahoma 10-2 1173 7
8. Wisconsin 10-3 1054 6
9. Southern Cal 9-3 1040 10
10. Florida St. 9-3 889 12
11. Colorado 10-3 886 9
12. W. Michigan 13-0 871 13
13. Oklahoma St. 9-3 800 11
14. West Virginia 10-2 788 14
15. Louisville 9-3 542 16
16. Stanford 9-3 508 17
17. Auburn 8-4 493 18
18. Virginia Tech 9-4 372 19
19. LSU 7-4 351 21
20. Florida 8-4 331 15
21. Iowa 8-4 272 22
22. Pittsburgh 8-4 237 24
23. Temple 10-3 229 NR
24. Nebraska 9-3 196 23
25. South Florida 10-2 173 24
Others receiving votes: Houston 101, Utah 99, Boise St. 95, Washington St. 31, Texas A&M 26, Air Force 20, Navy 15, Tennessee 12, San Diego St. 8, W. Kentucky 7, Miami 6, Georgia Tech 3, Kansas St. 2.
