The TCU football team is seventh in the final AP and USA Today polls, representing its highest season-ending ranking since 1959 and its second top-10 finish in the last four years.
Since the BCS was established for the 1998 season, TCU (11-2) has the highest finish in the polls by a two-loss team from a non-automatic qualifying conference.
The Frogs haven't been ranked this high in a final poll since the 1959 squad was seventh. TCU went 8-3 and was a co-champion of the Southwest Conference.
Under head coach Gary Patterson, TCU has its fifth season-ending top-25 ranking in the last seven seasons.
At the time of the game, TCU faced four undefeated top-10 teams this season.
The Frogs posted a 32-7 win over No. 8 BYU on Oct. 16 before closing the campaign with a 17-16 victory over No. 9 Boise State in the Poinsettia Bowl.
TCU's only two losses were to Oklahoma and Utah.
This year's Frogs have the third-best ranking by a Mountain West Conference team in the league's 10-year history, trailing only Utah's undefeated squads in 2004 and 2008. Both those Ute teams finished in the top five.
AP Top 25
Rank - Team - Record - Points
(first-place votes in parentheses)
1. Florida (48) - 13-1 - 1606
2. Utah (16) - 13-0 - 1519
3. USC - (1) - 12-1 - 1481
4. Texas - 12-1 - 1478
5. Oklahoma - 12-2 - 1391
6. Alabama - 12-2 1264
7. TCU - 11-2 - 1193
8. Penn State - 11-2 - 1153
9. Ohio State - 10-3 - 1013
10. Oregon - 10-3 - 997
11. Boise State - 12-1 - 938
12. Texas Tech - 11-2 - 916
13. Georgia - 10-3 - 903
14. Mississippi - 9-4 - 857
15. Virginia Tech - 10-4 - 713
16. Oklahoma State - 9-4 - 534
17. Cincinnati - 11-3 - 506
18. Oregon State - 9-4 - 467
19. Missouri - 10-4 - 435
20. Iowa - 9-4 - 317
21. Florida State - 9-4 - 246
22. Georgia Tech - 9-4 - 223
23. West Virginia - 9-4 - 144
24. Michigan State - 9-4 - 138
25. BYU - 10-3 - 137
