| Rank | Team | Points | Previous |
| 1 | USC (39) | 1254 | 1 |
| 2 | Texas (8) | 1184 | 2 |
| 3 | Virginia Tech (3) | 1130 | 3 |
| 4 | Florida | 1006 | 5 |
| 5 | LSU (1) | 966 | 4 |
| 6 | Florida St. | 944 | 7 |
| 7 | Georgia | 939 | 6 |
| 8 | Ohio St. | 767 | 9 |
| 9 | Michigan St. | 762 | 15 |
| 10 | California | 703 | 10 |
| 11 | Miami | 687 | 12 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 608 | 21 |
| 13 | Minnesota | 529 | 25 |
| 14 | Arizona St. | 525 | 18 |
| 15 | Tennessee | 506 | 14 |
| 16 | Alabama | 472 | 19 |
| 17 | Notre Dame | 453 | 20 |
| 18 | Texas Tech | 410 | 16 |
| 19 | UCLA | 400 | 23 |
| 20 | Virginia | 346 | 24 |
| 21 | Boston College | 266 | 27 |
| 22 | Purdue | 200 | 11 |
| 23 | Iowa St. | 169 | 22 |
| 24 | Georgia Tech | 137 | 13 |
| 25 | Auburn | 128 | 29 |
| (#) represents the number of first place votes received | |||
| Other teams receiving votes: Penn St. 119, West Virginia 111, Michigan 97, Toledo 90, UTEP 88, Louisville 73, Texas A&M 66, Vanderbilt 57, Washington St. 56, Oklahoma St. 42, Utah 36, Nebraska 35, Kansas 23, Baylor 21, TCU 21, Indiana 18, Kansas St. 18, Wyoming 17, Oregon 15, Iowa 14, Oklahoma 12, South Florida 12, Clemson 9, Fresno St. 9, Pittsburgh 9, BYU 8, Connecticut 4, New Mexico 2, Akron 1, Temple 1, | |||
| Who Voted Who #1: | |||
| LSU - Bigdaddy, | |||
| Texas - Raider, aidenofthehammer, FootballSavant, Jeff Bihl, LSUFATBOY, DoubleNickel, burtontexjap, TSip, | |||
| USC - Marco, TheRocks, vaskez, Dave, Tnkemist, Victors_Dave, bvr_rugger, Sailor, JamesRiverHokie, jcdato, ohiocane, TJ, BuckyBadger, tigernole, Zombie, MSU'89, Mich2Raiders24, Sean34, sbarrett, RickW267, ebuchholz, badger mike, siah1113, gridmarks, Blue&Orange, WAR EAGLE, ashkii49, Epistemizer, Bama Artist, LeicsCity, stucress, Mount Nittany, zeddie264, jmelgren, tommyboymooser, The Jag, JohnEpar, AJB, DAWG, | |||
| Virginia Tech - wmojr, msuburress, Ladeezman3, | |||