| Rank | Team | Points | Previous |
| 1 | USC (54) | 1566 | NR |
| 2 | Texas (2) | 1337 | NR |
| 3 | Michigan (2) | 1248 | NR |
| 4 | Tennessee (1) | 1230 | NR |
| 5 | Ohio St. (2) | 1145 | NR |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 1140 | NR |
| 7 | Miami | 1124 | NR |
| 8 | LSU (2) | 1121 | NR |
| 9 | Virginia Tech | 1080 | NR |
| 10 | Iowa | 1028 | NR |
| 11 | Georgia | 904 | NR |
| 12 | Auburn | 785 | NR |
| 13 | Florida | 778 | NR |
| 14 | Louisville | 751 | NR |
| 15 | Florida St. | 719 | NR |
| 16 | Purdue | 585 | NR |
| 17 | Texas A&M | 463 | NR |
| 18 | Arizona St. | 427 | NR |
| 19 | Boise St. | 399 | NR |
| 20 | California | 391 | NR |
| 21 | Boston College | 283 | NR |
| 22 | Texas Tech | 265 | NR |
| 23 | Utah | 201 | NR |
| 24 | Alabama | 192 | NR |
| 25 | Pittsburgh | 186 | NR |
| (#) represents the number of first place votes received | |||
| Other teams receiving votes: Virginia 181, Fresno St. 131, Wisconsin 115, Bowling Green 100, Minnesota 80, Notre Dame 70, Penn St. 70, Georgia Tech 66, Colorado 57, Oregon St. 56, Oregon 45, Clemson 40, North Carolina St. 40, South Carolina 38, UCLA 37, BYU 33, Connecticut 33, West Virginia 31, Indiana 29, Michigan St. 28, Colorado St. 27, Nebraska 26, Miami, OH 24, Washington 24, Wyoming 24, Illinois 23, UTEP 23, Stanford 21, Mississippi St. 20, Navy 20, New Mexico 20, Kansas 18, Northwestern 17, Arkansas 14, Iowa St. 14, North Carolina 14, Oklahoma St. 13, Akron 12, Cincinnati 11, Washington St. 11, Duke 10, Houston 10, Kentucky 10, Alabama-Birmingham 9, Baylor 9, Maryland 9, Missouri 8, Kansas St. 7, Idaho 6, Temple 6, Louisiana-Monroe 5, Toledo 5, Marshall 4, Middle Tennessee St. 4, Northern Illinois 4, Hawaii 3, Memphis 3, Southern Miss 3, Kent 2, Ohio 2, Central Florida 1, North Texas 1, | |||
| Who Voted Who #1: | |||
| BYU - ashkii49, | |||
| Georgia Tech - wmojr, | |||
| LSU - Bigdaddy, Cork, | |||
| Michigan - Maize in Mesa, Father John, | |||
| Ohio St. - Totally Nutz, Gobucks45, | |||
| Tennessee - Ladeezman3, | |||
| Texas - FootballSavant, TSip, | |||
| USC - aidenofthehammer, Blue Flash, Marco, Jeff Bihl, LeicsCity, Bama Artist, JohnEpar, Jake Decker, shades, jcdato, hokie92, trashtalk02, DAWG, gridmarks, USMSET, WAR EAGLE, tigernole, txgti, Darwin, BuffaloBob, HePaid4That, jay52403, exp, Sean34, Hog, OU_Lyndell, Terpsfan, Wolfer75, siah1113, YetAnotherCat, BuckyBadger, Panther, Sailor, Mich2Raiders24, JamesRiverHokie, bvr_rugger, devilsrule, Dave, kurgan, stucress, badger mike, ecdude, RickW267, DoubleNickel, Blue&Orange, Yorzinlax, Mount Nittany, MSU'89, jmelgren, TTurner, mvmercer, tommyboymooser, The Jag, Smokey, | |||