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The Alabama Crimson Tide head into the postseason with a chance to become the third wire-to-wire champion in the history of The Associated Press college football poll.Alabama was No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 of the regular season Sunday, just as it has been since the preseason. The Ohio State Buckeyes are No. 2, the?Clemson Tigers?are No. 3 and the?Washington Huskies?are No. 4.The College Football Playoff pairings were to be released later Sunday.Penn State was fifth, followed by Michigan, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.The Crimson Tide enter the postseason looking to win back-to-back championships and to join Florida State in 1999 and Southern California in 2004 as the only teams to be AP No. 1 from start to finish.Alabama would be the 12th team to win two straight AP championships.With so few teams playing on championship weekend, there was not much movement in the rankings. But there was movement for the teams that did play this weekend:Penn State jumped three spots by winning the Big Ten title game.No. 7 Oklahoma moved up two spots after beating Oklahoma State to win the Big 12.No. 18 Virginia Tech lost 42-35 to Clemson in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game and moved up one spot.No. 20 Florida dropped five spots after getting blown out by Alabama in the Southeastern Conference title game.No. 23 Temple beat Navy for the American Athletic Conference championship and moved into the rankings for the first time this season.Navy dropped out. http://www.49ersrookiestore.com/49ers-Carlos-Hyde-Jersey/ . -- In one brief spurt, Brazil turned a close game into a rout and proved again it will be a strong World Cup favourite. http://www.49ersrookiestore.com/49ers-Eric-Reid-Jersey/ . Following a lopsided 5-2 loss against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night, Paul MacLean told reporters that "theres a lack of focus, theres a lack of leadership and theres a lack of preparation" with his struggling team. That came on the heels of Bryan Murray taking the unusual step of going into the locker room at the Prudential Center and addressing the players himself. http://www.49ersrookiestore.com/49ers-Marquise-Goodwin-Jersey/ . Fred Couples, captain of the U.S. side, put it all into perspective. "We know whos in charge," he said. http://www.49ersrookiestore.com/49ers-Deforest-Buckner-Jersey/ . If ever they start actually putting pictures beside words in the dictionary, the Blue Jays left-handers mug will appear beside “Consistency. http://www.49ersrookiestore.com/49ers-Jaquiski-Tartt-Jersey/ . Varlamov made 33 saves and Ryan OReilly had a goal and scored in the shootout as the Avalanche beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Thursday night. Rickie Fowler, J.B. Holmes and Matt Kuchar were added to the U.S. Ryder Cup team on Monday by captain Davis Love III.Bubba Watson, who is the seventh-ranked player in the world, will have to wait for the possibility of a final pick that will be made after the final round of the Tour Championship.Love, who is getting a second shot as captain after a losing effort in 2012, hinted that these three players were at the top of his list over the last two weeks following the eight automatic qualifiers being decided.There were questions as late as last night, said Love, who consulted his vice captains Steve Stricker, Tom Lehman, Jim Furyk and Tiger Woods. We went through a lot of scenarios. We talked about a lot of great players. It was a very, very tough decision. We kept coming back to three for now.All three have Ryder Cup experience and will join a veteran team of automatic qualifiers that has just one rookie, Brooks Koepka. Love announced his picks Monday morning at Hazeltine National in Chaska, Minn., site of the Ryder Cup Sept. 30-Oct. 2.The U.S. has lost eight of the last 10 Ryder Cups and three in a row.The eight automatic qualifiers for the team were determined following The Barclays on Aug. 28: Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson, Patrick Reed, Jimmy Walker, Brooks Koepka, Brandt Snedeker and Zach Johnson.Love has another at-large pick on Sept. 25, giving players one last chance to impress him at the season-ending PGA Tour event. The Ryder Cup begins the following Friday.Kuchar even joked that Woods could be the last pick.This may be hearsay, but Ive heard that Tiger Woods could even get that last captains pick, Kuchar said. That would be legen-dary.Laughter filled the room.?Woods has not played in more than a year following multiple back surgeries. He just announced last week that he is hoping to return for the Safeway Open next month, a fact that Kuchar noted.Watson is the real odd man out for now, despite being ranked seventh in the world and having finished ninth in the final Ryder Cup points standings with the top 8 making the team. Hurting Watson has been his lack of form, with no top-10s on the PGA Tour since March. He is also 3-8 in his Ryder Cup appearances including 0-3 in singles. Hes also 0-4-1 in singles including the Presidents Cup.Holmes was 10th in points and had two top-5s in majors this year. Allthough he had a poor five-tournament stretch after that, he tied for fourth on Sunday at the BMW Championship to qualify for the Tour Championship.ddddddddddddFowler was 11th in points and has played in two Ryder Cups. He has the distinction of playing the most matches without a victory, going 0-3-5. But hes ranked ninth in the world, is a strong iron player and a popular teammates.Kuchar was 12th in the points and has played in three previous Ryder Cups. Ranked 17th in the world, his tie for fourth at the BMW Championship, his eighth top 10 finish going back to the Players Championship. He also took the bronze medal at the Olympic Golf Tournament following a final-round 63.Mickelson, who will play in his 11th Ryder Cup, suggested Sunday following the final round of the BMW Championship that at least a few of the picks were already decided.We know who is going to be playing with who, when theyre going to be playing, what matches, said Mickelson, who also said the reason for having one last pick was a contingency plan just in case somebody gets really hot.As it turned out, Love took three of the next four on the points list. Others who might still be considered in addition to Watson are Ryan Moore, Justin Thomas and Daniel Berger, all playing in the Tour Championship.Mickelson, 46, played a big role in this process. He was outspoken after the final day of the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles, where the U.S. lost for the third straight time. Although not by name, he was critical of captain Tom Watson and the PGA of Americas process which did not promote any continuity or player input.His controversial comments sparked a change that led to a Ryder Cup Task Force comprised of former captains, players and PGA of America executives. They chose Love to captain the team for a second time, changed some of the qualifying criteria and when the captains picks would be made, and sought more player input.We still have to play great golf to win, Mickelson said. Were still playing an incredibly talented team that has great players and shoots great scores. The difference is were being put in a position to succeed. 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