by Upon the release of the final AP Top 25 poll at season’s end, it’s time to look back and sum up each ranked team’s highest high and lowest low of the 2023-24 season.
- Michigan
Best: Winning the national title
Worst: Scandal
2. Washington
Best: Pac-12 title game
Worst: Everything between the national championship game to Kalen DeBoer’s departure
3. Texas
Best: Winning in Tuscaloosa
Worst: Crumbling in Sugar Bowl or Red River
4. Georgia
Best: Orange Bowl
Worst: Annual “Alabama beats UGA in Atlanta” game
5. Alabama
Best: 4th and 31
Worst: Getting bullied by Texas at home
6. Florida State
Best: 13-0
Worst: CFP snub and Orange Bowl
7. Oregon
Best: Bo Nix balling out
Worst: Inability to beat Washington
8. Missouri
Best: Cotton Bowl victory
Worst: LSU game
9. Ole Miss
Best: Insane transfer portal haul or LSU game
Worst: Georgia game massacre
10. Ohio State
Best: First 11 games
Worst: Michigan game
11. Arizona
Best: Literally the whole season
Worst: Losing Jedd Fisch
12. LSU
Best: Heisman Trophy winner
Worst: Playing defense
13. Penn State
Best: Being 6-0 heading into OSU week
Worst: Losing to Ohio State and Michigan again
14. Notre Dame
Best: First 59 minutes and 57 seconds vs Ohio State
Worst: Final three seconds vs Ohio State
15. Oklahoma
Best: Red River comeback
Worst: Kansas to Oklahoma State stretch
16. Oklahoma State
Best: Bedlam
Worst: 45-3 loss to UCF
17. Tennessee
Best: First half vs Alabama
Worst: Second half vs Alabama
18. Kansas State
Best: Avery Johnson
Worst: Walk off field goal loss to Missouri
19. Louisville
Best: Overachieving in Year 1 under Jeff Brohm
Worst: Pitt and UK losses
20. Clemson
Best: Owning South Carolina
Worst: Ball security at the goal line
21. NC State
Best: Turnaround after Duke loss
Worst: Brennan Armstrong and underperforming offense
22. SMU
Best: Conference title
Worst: Left out of NY6
23. Kansas
Best: Oklahoma upset
Worst: Losing QB Jalon Daniels and K-State game
24. Iowa
Best: Punting
Worst: Scoring
25. Liberty
Best: NY6 bid
Worst: NY6 blowout loss