Redshirt junior linebacker Antonio Longing celebrates with the Sun Bowl trophy, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014 at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso. The Sun Devils defeated the Blue Devils 36-31. (Ben Moffat/The State Press)The ASU football team finished 12th in the AP poll, but the coaches weren't as nice to the Sun Devils, ranking them 14th in the country. In the AP poll, ASU finished ahead of Wisconsin and Missouri, but the coaches ranked them 13th and 11th, respectively.
Heading into bowls, ASU was 16th in the Amway Coaches' Poll, so the Sun Devils moved up two spots, passing UA, Ole Miss and Kansas State (all bowl game losers), while Wisconsin leaped ASU.
Here is the full poll:
1. Ohio State 1550 points (62/62 first-place votes) 2. Oregon 1477 3. TCU 1408 4. Alabama 1363 5. Michigan State 1282 6. Florida State 1262 7. Georgia Tech 1136 8. Baylor 1135 9. Georgia 1018 10. UCLA 909 11. Missouri 907 12. Mississippi State 799 13. Wisconsin 765 14. ASU 750 15. Clemson 733 16. Boise State 627 17. UA 574 18. Kansas State 556 19. Ole Miss 444 20. Utah 331 21. USC 297 22. Marshall 178 23. Auburn 167 24. Louisville 113 25. Memphis 93
Other receiving votes: Nebraska 79; Air Force 45; Notre Dame 26; Duke 23; Stanford 22; Minnesota 20; Arkansas 18; LSU 13; Utah State 8; Texas A&M 7; Rutgers 4; Oklahoma 3; Washington 3; Oklahoma State 2; Northern Illinois 1; Navy 1; Louisiana Tech 1.
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