Louisville Football Finishes Season #24 in AP & Coaches Poll

Mark BlankenbakerJanuary 13, 2015

Louisville Finished #24 in the Final Associated Press Top 25 for the 2014 season. The Cardinals have now finished in the AP Top 25 for 3 consecutive seasons, the best run in the poll in school history.

The Cards 2014 season marks just the 9th finish in program history in the final AP Poll, and the 7th since 2001 (7 of the past 14). Also under Petrino, the Cards have finished in the Top 25 in 4 of 5 seasons.

AP Final Poll History
(1st Poll 1936)
1972	#18
1990	#14
2001	#17
2004	#6
2005	#19
2006	#6
2012	#13
2013	#15
2014	#24

ASSOCIATED PRESS

1	Ohio State (59) Big Ten Record: 14-1	PV Rank 5 Points 1,475
2	Oregon Pac-12 Record: 13-2	3 1,402
3	TCU Big 12 Record: 12-1	6 1,349
4	Alabama SEC Record: 12-2	1 1,297
5	Michigan State Big Ten Record: 11-2	7 1,212
5	Florida State ACC Record: 13-1	2 1,212
7	Baylor Big 12 Record: 11-2	4 1,098
8	Georgia Tech ACC Record: 11-3	10 1,071
9	Georgia SEC Record: 10-3	13 925
10	UCLA Pac-12 Record: 10-3	14 908
11	Mississippi State SEC Record: 10-3	8 767
12	Arizona State Pac-12 Record: 10-3	15 756
13	Wisconsin Big Ten Record: 11-3	17 724
14	Missouri SEC Record: 11-3	16 710
15	Clemson ACC Record: 10-3	18 683
16	Boise State Mountain West Record: 12-2	21 653
17	Mississippi SEC Record: 9-4	9 543
18	Kansas State Big 12 Record: 9-4	11 509
19	Arizona Pac-12 Record: 10-4	12 499
20	USC Pac-12 Record: 9-4	24 315
21	Utah Pac-12 Record: 9-4	23 302
22	Auburn SEC Record: 8-5	19 216
23	Marshall Conference USA Record: 13-1	– 161
24	Louisville ACC Record: 9-4	20 116
25	Memphis The American Record: 10-3	– 94

COACHES POLL

FULL RANKINGS

TOP 25 TEAMS, WEEK 17

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	1ST PLACE VOTES	PREV	CHANGE	HI/LOW
1	Ohio State	14-1	1550	62	4	3	4/20
2	Oregon	13-2	1477	0	3	1	3/11
3	TCU	12-1	1408	0	6	3	4/NR
4	Alabama	12-2	1363	0	1	-3	1/7
5	Michigan State	11-2	1282	0	7	2	5/13
6	Florida State	13-1	1262	0	2	-4	1/2
7	Georgia Tech	11-3	1136	0	9	2	9/NR
8	Baylor	11-2	1135	0	5	-3	3/13
9	Georgia	10-3	1018	0	13	4	6/17
10	UCLA	10-3	909	0	15	5	7/NR
11	Missouri	11-3	907	0	14	3	13/NR
12	Mississippi State	10-3	799	0	8	-4	1/NR
13	Wisconsin	11-3	765	0	17	4	11/NR
14	Arizona State	10-3	750	0	16	2	8/24
15	Clemson	10-3	733	0	18	3	16/NR
16	Boise State	12-2	627	0	21	5	21/NR
17	Arizona	10-4	574	0	11	-6	8/NR
18	Kansas State	9-4	556	0	10	-8	9/25
19	Ole Miss	9-4	444	0	12	-7	3/19
20	Utah	9-4	331	0	25	5	18/NR
21	USC	9-4	297	0	27	6	10/NR
22	Marshall	13-1	178	0	28	6	18/NR
23	Auburn	8-5	167	0	19	-4	2/21
24	Louisville	9-4	113	0	20	-4	20/NR
25	Memphis	10-3	93	0	31	6	–