| Rank | Team | Points | Previous |
| 1 | USC (25) | 961 | 1 |
| 2 | Texas (13) | 947 | 2 |
| 3 | Miami | 846 | 5 |
| 4 | Alabama (1) | 839 | 4 |
| 5 | Penn St. | 784 | 8 |
| 6 | LSU | 759 | 7 |
| 7 | Virginia Tech | 708 | 3 |
| 8 | Georgia | 642 | 10 |
| 9 | Ohio St. | 617 | 11 |
| 10 | Notre Dame | 589 | 12 |
| 11 | Oregon | 566 | 14 |
| 12 | Texas Tech | 492 | 16 |
| 13 | Florida | 442 | 15 |
| 14 | West Virginia | 439 | 18 |
| 15 | Auburn | 394 | 17 |
| 16 | UCLA | 333 | 6 |
| 17 | TCU | 319 | 20 |
| 18 | Florida St. | 278 | 9 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | 268 | 13 |
| 20 | Fresno St. | 262 | 21 |
| 21 | Colorado | 224 | 24 |
| 22 | Michigan | 215 | 22 |
| 23 | Georgia Tech | 150 | 27 |
| 24 | Louisville | 129 | 26 |
| 25 | UTEP | 94 | 25 |
| (#) represents the number of first place votes received | |||
| Other teams receiving votes: Minnesota 88, Northwestern 69, Boston College 44, Toledo 35, Boise St. 32, California 22, Iowa St. 21, Oklahoma 17, South Florida 11, Iowa 8, North Carolina 6, North Carolina St. 5, Utah 5, Rutgers 4, South Carolina 4, Virginia 3, Central Florida 2, Arizona St. 1, Tennessee 1, | |||
| Who Voted Who #1: | |||
| Alabama - wmojr, | |||
| Texas - FootballSavant, trashtalk02, Bigdaddy, Tnkemist, silverandblackattack, gridmarks, Blue&Orange, Raider, DoubleNickel, YetAnotherCat, Jhereg, scott, burtontexjap, | |||
| USC - Jake Decker, stucress, Victors_Dave, jcdato, Mich2Raiders24, vaskez, Sailor, AJB, The Jag, JamesRiverHokie, ohiocane, Jeff Bihl, MSU'89, Dave, Bama Artist, RickW267, DAWG, tigernole, hokie92, siah1113, Mount Nittany, sbarrett, LeicsCity, tommyboymooser, badger mike, | |||