UCLA ranked in final AP poll for first time since 2005 season

For the first time in eight years, UCLA is in the final Associated Press poll.

The Bruins matched the No. 16 spot they reached following the 2005 season, adding more symmetry to the program’s seventh and eighth 10-win campaigns. The team had missed the final top 25 for six years running, falling out from 17th in 2012 after a blowout loss to Baylor in the Holiday Bowl.

It also finished 16th in this year’s final USA Today coaches poll.

No. 9 Oregon led the Pac-12 in the AP rankings, followed by No. 11 Stanford, No. 19 USC and No. 21 Arizona State. The league had six ranked teams as Washington snuck in at No. 25, receiving 109 votes to Nebraska’s 107. The SEC, whose seven-year championship streak ended Monday night, led all conferences with seven ranked teams.

Florida State, of course, was a unanimous No. 1 after beating Auburn in one of the most thrilling BCS title finishes ever.

The full AP poll, after the jump.

1. Florida State (60), 14-0
2. Auburn, 12-2
3. Michigan State, 13-1
4. South Carolina, 11-2
5. Missouri, 12-2
6. Oklahoma, 11-2
7. Alabama, 11-2
8. Clemson, 11-2
9. Oregon, 11-2
10. UCF, 12-1
11. Stanford, 11-3
12. Ohio State, 12-2
13. Baylor, 11-2
14. LSU, 10-3
15. Louisville, 12-1
16. UCLA, 10-3
17. Oklahoma State, 10-3
18. Texas A&M, 9-4
19. USC, 10-4
20. Notre Dame, 9-4
21. Arizona State, 10-4
22. Wisconsin, 9-4
23. Duke, 10-4
24. Vanderbilt, 9-4
25. Washington, 9-4