| Rank | Team | Points | Previous |
| 1 | USC (35) | 1200 | 1 |
| 2 | Texas (9) | 1163 | 2 |
| 3 | Virginia Tech | 1037 | 3 |
| 4 | LSU (1) | 992 | 4 |
| 5 | Florida (1) | 990 | 7 |
| 6 | Georgia | 945 | 5 |
| 7 | Florida St. | 907 | 8 |
| 8 | Louisville (1) | 787 | 11 |
| 9 | Ohio St. | 696 | 9 |
| 10 | California | 662 | 13 |
| 11 | Purdue | 608 | 12 |
| 12 | Miami | 560 | 14 |
| 13 | Georgia Tech (2) | 559 | 15 |
| 14 | Tennessee | 463 | 6 |
| 15 | Michigan St. | 449 | 33 |
| 16 | Texas Tech | 398 | 19 |
| 17 | Michigan | 382 | 17 |
| 18 | Arizona St. | 352 | 20 |
| 19 | Alabama | 324 | 24 |
| 20 | Notre Dame | 318 | 10 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 256 | 25 |
| 22 | Iowa St. | 242 | 21 |
| 23 | UCLA | 237 | 34 |
| 24 | Virginia | 184 | 26 |
| 25 | Minnesota | 143 | 28 |
| (#) represents the number of first place votes received | |||
| Other teams receiving votes: Oregon 141, Boston College 129, Iowa 119, Auburn 107, Colorado 92, Clemson 91, Texas A&M 69, Toledo 66, West Virginia 66, New Mexico 56, Washington St. 52, UTEP 51, Oklahoma St. 49, Penn St. 44, Nebraska 41, Kansas 35, Kansas St. 34, TCU 29, Baylor 28, Vanderbilt 23, Indiana 13, North Carolina St. 13, Utah 12, Fresno St. 10, Memphis 8, Northwestern 6, Oregon St. 5, Wyoming 5, Connecticut 2, | |||
| Who Voted Who #1: | |||
| Florida - bgator85, | |||
| Georgia Tech - OU_Lyndell, wmojr, | |||
| LSU - Bigdaddy, | |||
| Louisville - Dave, | |||
| New Mexico - ashkii49, | |||
| Texas - stucress, burtontexjap, Zombie, DoubleNickel, BuffaloBob, Raider, TSip, Jeff Bihl, kurgan, | |||
| USC - AJB, Marco, Sleeper, Mich2Raiders24, Jake Decker, jcdato, tigger, MSU'89, vaskez, Victors_Dave, funkpapa, badger mike, LeicsCity, TJ, silverandblackattack, Blue&Orange, RickW267, JamesRiverHokie, tommyboymooser, BuckyBadger, jmelgren, gridmarks, ohiocane, Jhereg, Sailor, DAWG, tigernole, sbarrett, Sean34, siah1113, The Jag, karenlee, Bama Artist, Khavanon, Mount Nittany, | |||