For the second straight year, the two teams that started at the top of the Associated Press poll held those spots for the entire regular season.

Southern California was No. 1 and Texas No. 2 on Sunday in the Top 25, just as they were in the preseason.

USC received 56 first-place votes and 1,616 points, a day after winning its 34th straight game, 66-19 over UCLA. Southern California has been No. 1 for a record 33 straight polls.

Texas got nine first-place votes and 1,569 points after beating Colorado 70-3 in the Big 12 title game, the Longhorns’ 19th straight win.

USC and Texas will play for the national title on Jan. 4 in the Rose Bowl.

In 2004, USC and Oklahoma started and ended the regular season as Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, marking the first time in the seven-decade history of the media poll that the top two went through the regular season unchanged. But for one week last season, the Sooners were co-No. 2 along with Auburn.

This season, USC and Texas have hardly been challenged for the top two spots. No other team has received a first-place vote during the season.

Behind the Big Two, Penn State, Ohio State and Notre Dame rounded out the top five.

Florida State was back in the Top 25 after falling out last week for the first time in four years. The 22nd-ranked Seminoles upset Virginia Tech, 27-22, in the inaugural Atlantic Coast Conference title game Saturday.

Fresno State, which was No. 16 after nearly upsetting USC two weeks ago, fell out of the rankings on the heels of a second straight loss. The Bulldogs were beaten at home 40-28 by Louisiana Tech. The loss denied Fresno State a share of the Western Athletic Conference championship.