Georgia football broke its own record by hammering Florida State with the largest margin of victory by any team ever in a bowl game, but Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart ranked the four teams that reached the College Football Playoff ahead of his own team.

Smart’s ballot in the final US LBM Football Coaches Poll released Wednesday morning listed Georgia at No. 5, one spot behind Alabama.

Georgia finished No. 3 in that final poll and was No. 4 in the final Associated Press poll released on Tuesday. Alabama was behind Georgia in both at No. 5 in the coaches and AP polls.

Smart’s top three: Michigan, Washington and Texas.

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The Crimson Tide dealt Georgia its only loss of the season, 27-24, in the SEC championship game.

The Bulldogs crushed a depleted Florida State team 63-3 in the Orange Bowl Dec. 30. Smart placed the 13-1 Seminoles at No. 6.

Georgia was rated as high as No. 2 by Florida’s Billy Napier, Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman and Temple’s Stan Drayton.

Among other SEC coaches, Missouri’s Eli Drinkwitz and Kentucky’s Mark Stoops put Georgia at No. 3 and Alabama’s Nick Saban and Auburn’s Hugh Freeze had the Bulldogs at No. 5. Georgia Tech’s Brent Key had Georgia at No. 4.

None of the 63 coaches had Georgia lower than 5.

Kirby Smart’s final coaches poll ballot

1. Michigan

2. Washington

3. Texas

4. Alabama

5. Georgia

6. Florida State

7. Oregon

8. Missouri

9. Ohio State

10. Ole Miss

11. LSU

12. Penn State

13. Arizona

14. Oklahoma

15. Notre Dame

16. Oklahoma State

17. Louisville

18. Tennessee

19. Liberty

20. Iowa

21. Oregon State

22. SMU

23. Kansas State

24. North Carolina State

25. Clemson

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