Nearly every team in the SEC has been familiar with consistent presence in the AP Poll at the end of the year.

However, at the end of the 2015 season, only five teams earned a ranking. Alabama (1), Ole Miss (10), LSU (16), Tennessee (22) and Florida (25).

For LSU, Tennessee and Florida, finishing the season in the top 25 came after all three programs were left off at the end of 2014. That leaves the Rebels as the only other SEC team outside of the Crimson Tide to have an active streak of finishing ranked in the AP Poll.

However, the story is completely different for Alabama.

The Tide has now finished the season ranked in the top 25 for eight consecutive seasons. The Alabama streak is mind-blowing. From 2008, the Tide have finished every season ranked not only in the top 25, but in the top 10, including four seasons in the top spot.

The Tide streak falls one year short of Oregon’s (9) for the longest active streak in the country. Utah (2) joins the Ducks as the only other Pac-12 school on an active streak. The ACC has Florida State (6) and Clemson (5). The Big 12 has Baylor (3) and TCU (2). Meanwhile, the Big Ten is the only conference with more than two schools: Ohio State (4), Michigan State (3) and Wisconsin (3).

LSU has also had an impressive run since 2009. Although LSU isn’t on a streak due to its failure to finish ranked in 2014, that was the only campaign over those seven years that LSU didn’t finish the season ranked.

During that stretch, the Tigers have not experienced anywhere near the success that Alabama has, typically finishing in the mid teens and averaging a ranking of around No. 12 in the six seasons it finished in the poll. The highest-ranked LSU team at the end of a season was the 2011 squad, which finished No. 2 behind, you guessed it, Alabama.

In 2010, the Tigers finished No. 8 while the Tide finished No. 10, which is the Tide’s lowest final ranking during the streak and the only time LSU finished higher than Alabama.

However, LSU’s overall consistency warrants notice. The Tigers have finished ranked in 11 of the last 13 years beginning in 2003. Those 11 appearances are tied with Oklahoma for second-most in the country, only surpassed by Ohio State’s 12.

The 2008 Tigers did not finish the season ranked, but they were close. LSU dropped off the poll after a 31-13 loss to Ole Miss. The Tigers did more damage to their ranking by losing to Arkansas by a point, 31-30. LSU rebounded by routing No. 14 Georgia Tech 38-3 in the Chick-fil-A Bowl, but it wasn’t enough for voters to place a five-loss team in the top 25.

In 2016, all five SEC teams that finished last season ranked will begin this season in the poll. Alabama, of course, leads the way with its No. 1 ranking.

Florida and Ole Miss could be the most interesting teams to watch. Florida enters the season ranked No. 25 and with the easiest schedule of any SEC team, according to ESPN’s Football Power Index strength of schedule rankings. On the other side of the coin, Ole Miss at No. 11, has the second-toughest schedule in the country.