| Rank | Team | Points | Previous |
| 1 | USC (43) | 1545 | 1 |
| 2 | Texas (15) | 1510 | 2 |
| 3 | Virginia Tech | 1332 | 9 |
| 4 | LSU (2) | 1303 | 7 |
| 5 | Georgia | 1224 | 5 |
| 6 | Tennessee (2) | 1137 | 8 |
| 7 | Florida | 1119 | 10 |
| 8 | Florida St. | 1070 | 11 |
| 9 | Ohio St. | 942 | 3 |
| 10 | Notre Dame | 940 | 19 |
| 11 | Louisville (1) | 803 | 12 |
| 12 | Purdue | 735 | 16 |
| 13 | California | 702 | 15 |
| 14 | Miami | 675 | 13 |
| 15 | Georgia Tech (1) | 668 | 18 |
| 16 | Boston College | 642 | 17 |
| 17 | Michigan | 541 | 4 |
| 18 | Clemson | 425 | 22 |
| 19 | Texas Tech | 424 | 20 |
| 20 | Arizona St. | 355 | 14 |
| 21 | Iowa St. | 298 | 46 |
| 22 | Oklahoma | 267 | 21 |
| 23 | Iowa | 260 | 6 |
| 24 | Alabama | 218 | 23 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 218 | 26 |
| (#) represents the number of first place votes received | |||
| Other teams receiving votes: Virginia 190, Auburn 178, Minnesota 134, Fresno St. 129, Utah 91, Colorado 83, Penn St. 67, Michigan St. 63, UCLA 57, Texas A&M 48, Toledo 48, Nebraska 47, Oregon 47, Indiana 37, Vanderbilt 37, West Virginia 37, Oklahoma St. 33, UTEP 33, Washington St. 32, Oregon St. 26, Northwestern 24, Idaho 23, Illinois 23, Kansas St. 23, North Carolina St. 22, Connecticut 20, Mississippi St. 19, Arkansas 18, Southern Miss 17, Arizona 16, Kansas 16, Bowling Green 15, Mississippi 15, New Mexico 15, Baylor 13, TCU 12, Ohio 11, Stanford 9, Cincinnati 7, Middle Tennessee St. 7, North Carolina 6, Air Force 5, Boise St. 5, Tulsa 5, Tulane 4, South Carolina 3, Kentucky 1, North Texas 1, | |||
| Who Voted Who #1: | |||
| Georgia Tech - wmojr, | |||
| LSU - DVDoy, Bigdaddy, | |||
| Louisville - Dave, | |||
| Minnesota - Gobucks45, | |||
| Tennessee - Jhereg, Ladeezman3, | |||
| Texas - stucress, Zombie, aidenofthehammer, Jeff Bihl, LSUFATBOY, Raider, TSip, burtontexjap, tigger, DoubleNickel, FootballSavant, rockjps101, BuffaloBob, kurgan, ebuchholz, | |||
| USC - AJB, Victors_Dave, mvmercer, Tnkemist, Jake Decker, msuburress, tigernole, vaskez, LeicsCity, Mich2Raiders24, tommyboymooser, Marco, BuckyBadger, zeddie264, TJ, OU_Lyndell, rblackburn, funkpapa, silverandblackattack, Sailor, mcx99, MSU'89, JamesRiverHokie, JohnEpar, karenlee, ohiocane, jmelgren, The Jag, TheRocks, RickW267, Sean34, siah1113, gridmarks, TEXINLA, hokie92, sbarrett, CorsoSucks, Mount Nittany, Sleeper, trashtalk02, jcdato, Brandon's, DAWG, | |||