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The Alabama Crimson Tide defeated Ohio State in the 2021 College Football Playoff national championship, and is officially ranked as the No. 1 team in the nation according to the Amway Coaches Poll.
A season unlike any other resulted in a 13-0 record for the Crimson Tide, with 11 wins against SEC opponents and then the two playoff wins against Notre Dame and Ohio State.
An interesting note was to see Notre Dae drop out of the top four, and be replaced by Texas A&M, a team which many thought deserved to be in the playoffs.
Here are the complete poll results from the final coaches poll:
| Rank | Team | RCD | PTS | 1ST | PREV | CHG | Hi/Lo |
| 1 | Alabama | 13-0 | 1500 | 60 | 1 | — | 1/3 |
| 2 | Ohio State | 7-1 | 1432 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2/10 |
| 3 | Clemson | 10-2 | 1349 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1/4 |
| 4 | Texas A&M | 9-1 | 1317 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4/20 |
| 5 | Notre Dame | 10-2 | 1247 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 2/10 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 9-2 | 1219 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3/NR |
| 7 | Georgia | 8-2 | 1146 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3/11 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 9-1 | 1031 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 6/22 |
| 9 | Iowa State | 9-3 | 997 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8/NR |
| 10 | Northwestern | 7-2 | 919 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 10/NR |
| 11 | Brigham Young | 11-1 | 796 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8/23 |
| 12 | Florida | 8-4 | 766 | 0 | 10 | -2 | 3/12 |
| 13 | Indiana | 6-2 | 762 | 0 | 8 | -5 | 7/NR |
| 14 | Coastal Carolina | 11-1 | 649 | 0 | 11 | -3 | 11/NR |
| 15 | Iowa | 6-2 | 606 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 15/NR |
| 16 | UL Lafayette | 10-1 | 596 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 16/NR |
| 17 | North Carolina | 8-4 | 538 | 0 | 14 | -3 | 6/NR |
| 18 | Liberty | 10-1 | 476 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 18/NR |
| 19 | Oklahoma State | 8-3 | 456 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 6/NR |
| 20 | Texas | 7-3 | 402 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 8/NR |
| 21 | Southern California | 5-1 | 400 | 0 | 19 | -2 | 13/NR |
| 22 | Miami | 8-3 | 275 | 0 | 18 | -4 | 7/NR |
| 23 | Ball State | 7-1 | 157 | 0 | NR | 7 | 23/NR |
| 24 | San Jose State | 7-1 | 100 | 0 | 20 | -4 | 20/NR |
| 25 | Buffalo | 6-1 | 51 | 0 | NR | 9 | 25/NR |
Schools dropped out:
No. 22 NC State; No. 25 Tulsa.
Others receiving votes:
Wisconsin 38; Oregon 36; NC State 35; Army 34; Tulsa 30; Appalachian State 30; Nevada 17; Auburn 17; Memphis 14; Utah 11; Mississippi 10; West Virginia 7; Southern Methodist 7; Missouri 6; Colorado 6; Boise State 6; UAB 4; Washington 2; Marshall 2; Kentucky 1.