Georgia Tech and Georgia each finished in the top 10 for the first time since 1966. (Getty Images)
Ohio State won the national championship Monday night and, obviously, finished No. 1 in the final AP Top 25, but Georgia and Georgia Tech pulled a rare feat.
The Yellow Jackets finished No. 8 and the Bulldogs are No. 9 in the final poll, the first time since 1966 that both teams finished in the top 10.
It’s also Georgia Tech’s highest finish since it was second in the AP poll in 1990, which was the season the Yellow Jackets won the coaches’ national championship.
The Buckeyes were the fourth seed heading into the inaugural College Football Playoff before upsetting No. 1 Alabama and No. 3 Oregon to win the title.
The Buckeyes finished on top of the AP Top 25 for the fifth time in program history, matching Miami and Southern California for fourth most behind Alabama (nine), Notre Dame (eight) and Oklahoma (seven).
1. Ohio State (59 first place votes)
2. Oregon
3. TCU
4. Alabama
5. Florida State
5. Michigan State
7. Baylor
8. Georgia Tech
9. Georgia
10. UCLA
11. Mississippi State
12. Arizona State
13. Wisconsin
14. Missouri
15. Clemson
16. Boise State
17. Ole Miss
18. Kansas State
19. Arizona
20. USC
21. Utah
22. Auburn
23. Marshall
24. Louisville
25. Memphis
Six SEC teams — Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi State, Missouri, Ole Miss and Auburn — and four ACC teams — FSU, Georgia Tech, Clemson and Louisville — finished in the top 25.
This is the seventh top-10 finish in the AP poll in Mark Richt’s 14 years at Georgia, and its highest poll finish since 2012.
