| AP Top 25 | USA Today Poll | ||||||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | RK | TEAM | REC | PTS |
| 1 | Florida State (57) | 0-0 | 1496 | 1 | Florida State (57) | 0-0 | 1541 |
| 2 | Alabama (1) | 0-0 | 1361 | 2 | Alabama | 0-0 | 1432 |
| 3 | Oregon (1) | 0-0 | 1334 | 3 | Oklahoma (2) | 0-0 | 1407 |
| 4 | Oklahoma (1) | 0-0 | 1324 | 4 | Oregon (2) | 0-0 | 1358 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 0-0 | 1207 | 5 | Auburn | 0-0 | 1289 |
| 6 | Auburn | 0-0 | 1198 | 6 | Michigan State | 0-0 | 1141 |
| 7 | UCLA | 0-0 | 1106 | 7 | Ohio State | 0-0 | 1114 |
| 8 | Michigan State | 0-0 | 1080 | 8 | Georgia (1) | 0-0 | 1108 |
| 9 | South Carolina | 0-0 | 1015 | 9 | Baylor | 0-0 | 1018 |
| 10 | Baylor | 0-0 | 966 | 10 | Stanford | 0-0 | 999 |
| 11 | Stanford | 0-0 | 885 | 11 | UCLA | 0-0 | 964 |
| 12 | Georgia | 0-0 | 843 | 12 | LSU | 0-0 | 912 |
| 13 | LSU | 0-0 | 776 | 13 | Texas A&M | 0-0 | 895 |
| 14 | Wisconsin | 0-0 | 637 | 14 | USC | 0-0 | 713 |
| 15 | USC | 0-0 | 626 | 15 | Notre Dame | 0-0 | 605 |
| 16 | Clemson | 0-0 | 536 | 16 | Arizona State | 0-0 | 502 |
| 17 | Notre Dame | 0-0 | 445 | 17 | Ole Miss | 0-0 | 438 |
| 18 | Ole Miss | 0-0 | 424 | 18 | Nebraska | 0-0 | 384 |
| 19 | Arizona State | 0-0 | 357 | 19 | Wisconsin | 0-0 | 373 |
| 20 | Kansas State | 0-0 | 242 | 20 | Kansas State | 0-0 | 370 |
| 21 | Texas A&M | 0-0 | 238 | 21 | South Carolina | 0-0 | 272 |
| 22 | Nebraska | 0-0 | 226 | 22 | Missouri | 0-0 | 189 |
| 23 | North Carolina | 0-0 | 194 | 23 | North Carolina | 0-0 | 168 |
| 24 | Missouri | 0-0 | 134 | 24 | Clemson | 0-0 | 155 |
| 25 | Washington | 0-0 | 130 | 25 | Texas | 0-0 | 150 |
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||
| UCF 94, Florida 87, Texas 86, Duke 71, Iowa 68, Louisville 48, Marshall 41, Oklahoma State 37, Virginia Tech 26, TCU 23, Mississippi State 22, Michigan 19, Texas Tech 19, Miami (FL) 16, Cincinnati 15, Boise State 10, Oregon State 10, Northwestern 8, BYU 8, Penn State 5, Vanderbilt 2, Navy 2, Nevada 1, Louisiana-Lafayette 1, Utah State 1 | Oklahoma State 106, Florida 84, Louisville 73, Mississippi State 72, Michigan 59, Washington 51, Duke 47, BYU 26, Iowa 23, TCU 23, Minnesota 16, Louisiana-Lafayette 13, Virginia Tech 11, Marshall 11, West Virginia 7, Cincinnati 7, Arizona 6, Oregon State 5, Pittsburgh 2, Colorado State 2, Rutgers 2, Northern Illinois 2, Texas Tech 2, Boise State 1, Memphis 1, Temple 1 | ||||||
