UCLA earns first top-10 finish in Associated Press poll since 1998

For the first time in 16 years, UCLA has finished the season as a top-10 team.

The Bruins earned a No. 10 ranking in the final Associated Press poll, released a few hours after Monday night’s conclusion to the first-ever College Football Playoff. It marks UCLA’s highest year-end placement since its No. 8 ranking following the 1998 season.

That campaign ended in a Rose Bowl loss, and since then, the Bruins have been left out of all but three final AP polls. They finished No. 16 after both the 2005 and 2013 seasons.

You can see the complete final 2014 rankings below:

1. Ohio State (59), 14-1
2. Oregon, 13-2
3. TCU, 12-1
4. Alabama, 12-2
5. Michigan State, 11-2
6. Florida State, 13-1
7. Baylor, 11-2
8. Georgia Tech, 11-3
9. Georgia, 10-3
10. UCLA, 10-3
11. Mississippi State, 10-3
12. Arizona State, 10-3
13. Wisconsin, 11-3
14. Missouri, 11-3
15. Clemson, 10-3
16. Boise State, 12-2
17. Ole Miss, 9-4
18. Kansas State, 9-4
19. Arizona, 10-4
20. USC, 9-4
21. Utah, 9-4
22. Auburn, 8-5
23. Marshall, 13-1
24. Louisville, 9-4
25. Memphis, 10-3