EUGENE, Ore. -- LSU won the national championship Monday night, but there was also some good news for Oregon football fans.

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Bowl victories by Oregon and Oregon State propelled them into the final Associated Press Top-25 poll.

The Ducks were ranked for most of the season before a three-game skid knocked them from the poll. But Oregon's Sun Bowl thumping of South Florida gave them a final ranking of 23rd in the nation.

Oregon State, meanwhile, capped a late-season surge with an Emerald Bowl victory over Maryland. Voters placed them 25th.