Marked Men

Since 1965, the No. 1-ranked college football team has lost in a bowl game 15 times. Before 1965, the final AP poll was released before bowl games were played. *--*

Date Bowl Result (Final Rank) 1-1-66 Rose UCLA 14, Michigan St. 12 (2) 1-1-71 Cotton Notre Dame 24, Texas 11 (3) 12-31-73 Sugar Notre Dame 24, Alabama 23 (4) 1-1-76 Rose UCLA 23, Ohio St. 10 (4) 1-2-78 Cotton Notre Dame 38, Texas 10 (4) 1-1-79 Sugar Alabama 14, Penn St. 7 (4) 1-1-80 Rose USC 17, Ohio St. 16 (4) 1-1-83 Sugar Penn St. 27, Georgia 23 (4) 1-1-84 Orange Miami 31, Nebraska 30 (4) 1-1-86 Orange Oklahoma 25, Penn St. 10 (3) 1-2-87 Fiesta Penn St. 14, Miami 10 (2) 1-1-88 Orange Miami 20, Oklahoma 14 (3) 1-1-90 Orange Notre Dame 21, Colorado 6 (4) 1-1-93 Sugar Alabama 34, Miami 13 (3) 1-2-97 Sugar Florida 52, Florida St. 20

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Research: Houston Mitchell / Los Angeles Times