BYU Football Moves Up In Final AP Top 25 Ranking Of 2024 Season
Jan 21, 2025, 8:52 AM | Updated: 8:53 am
BYU Football was among the top teams in the final AP Top 25 rankings for the 2024-25 season. (Photo by Ronald Cortes/Getty Images)
(Photo by Ronald Cortes/Getty Images)
PROVO, Utah – The 2024 season concludes with another AP Top 25 finish for BYU football.
After Monday night’s National Championship game, in which Ohio State defeated Notre Dame 34-23 in Atlanta, the Associated Press released its final rankings for 2024.
BYU football finished ranked No. 13 in the Top 25
BYU finished ranked No. 13. That’s a four-spot jump after BYU crushed Colorado 36-14 in the 2024 Alamo Bowl in San Antonio.
What’s interesting about BYU’s No. 13 ranking is that it is one spot behind SMU. BYU defeated SMU in Dallas back in September.
It’s the third season under head coach Kalani Sitake that BYU has finished a season ranked in the AP Top 25. The 13th ranking is the second-highest finish under Sitake, only trailing a No. 11 finish in 2020.
The final ranking in the 2024 season gives BYU football its 20th season ranked in the final AP Top 25.
BYU football was 11-2 in the 2024 season and was tied for first place in the Big 12 Conference. However, tiebreakers kept the Cougars out of the Big 12 Championship Game.
In 2024, BYU boasted one of college football’s best defenses and special teams. BYU’s offense was led by quarterback Jake Retzlaff, who passed for 2,947 yards and 20 touchdowns.
BYU finished the 2024 season with two victories over Top 25 teams (SMU, No. 12; Colorado, No. 25).
AP Top 25: Final Ranking of 2024 Season
1. Ohio State (14-2) | Big Ten
2. Notre Dame (14-2) | FBS Independent
3. Oregon (13-1) | Big Ten
4. Texas (13-3) | SEC
5. Penn State (13-3) | Big Ten
6. Georgia (11-3) | SEC
7. Arizona State (11-3) | Big 12
8. Boise State (12-2) | Mountain West
9. Tennessee (10-3) | SEC
10. Indiana (11-2) | Big Ten
11. Ole Miss (10-3) | SEC
12. SMU (11-3) | ACC
13. BYU (11-2) | Big 12
14. Clemson (10-4) | ACC
15. Iowa State (11-3) | Big 12
16. Illinois (10-3) | Big Ten
17. Alabama (9-4) | SEC
18. Miami (10-3) | ACC
19. South Carolina (9-4) | SEC
20. Syracuse (10-3) | ACC
21. Army (12-2) | American
22. Missouri (10-3) | SEC
23. UNLV (11-3) | Mountain West
24. Memphis (11-2) | American
25. Colorado (9-4) | Big 12
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for KSLsports.com and hosts the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports Saturday (12–3 p.m.) on KSL Newsradio. Follow Mitch’s coverage of BYU in the Big 12 Conference on X: @Mitch_Harper.
