| Rank | Team | Points | Previous |
| 1 | USC (33) | 1185 | 1 |
| 2 | Texas (10) | 1156 | 3 |
| 3 | Virginia Tech (2) | 1115 | 2 |
| 4 | Georgia | 1046 | 4 |
| 5 | Florida St. (1) | 1008 | 5 |
| 6 | Alabama (1) | 942 | 6 |
| 7 | Penn St. (2) | 895 | 14 |
| 8 | Miami | 820 | 10 |
| 9 | UCLA | 716 | 16 |
| 10 | LSU | 687 | 13 |
| 11 | Texas Tech | 670 | 15 |
| 12 | Notre Dame | 665 | 12 |
| 13 | Florida | 596 | 17 |
| 14 | Boston College | 501 | 19 |
| 15 | California | 430 | 8 |
| 16 | Michigan St. | 400 | 18 |
| 17 | Ohio St. | 362 | 7 |
| 18 | Oregon | 341 | 25 |
| 19 | Minnesota | 335 | 27 |
| 20 | Auburn | 323 | 20 |
| 21 | Louisville | 275 | 26 |
| 22 | Tennessee | 272 | 11 |
| 23 | Colorado | 220 | 31 |
| 24 | Wisconsin | 196 | 9 |
| 25 | TCU | 142 | 33 |
| (#) represents the number of first place votes received | |||
| Other teams receiving votes: West Virginia 124, Fresno St. 95, Nebraska 59, Michigan 50, Toledo 39, UTEP 36, Baylor 35, Connecticut 31, Georgia Tech 29, Iowa 24, Arizona St. 18, Indiana 13, Arkansas 12, Kansas St. 11, North Carolina St. 11, Northwestern 8, Virginia 7, Maryland 6, Oklahoma 6, South Florida 4, Colorado St. 3, Tulsa 3, Wyoming 3, | |||
| Who Voted Who #1: | |||
| Alabama - wmojr, | |||
| Florida St. - OU_Lyndell, | |||
| Penn St. - DAWG, Darwin, | |||
| Texas - silverandblackattack, Mich2Raiders24, Panther, Jhereg, DoubleNickel, Bigdaddy, Raider, TEXINLA, Ladeezman3, burtontexjap, | |||
| USC - AJB, Sailor, vaskez, Victors_Dave, Tnkemist, LeicsCity, Jeff Bihl, WAR EAGLE, jcdato, stucress, Dave, badger mike, JamesRiverHokie, ashkii49, Jake Decker, RickW267, Marco, The Jag, Khavanon, siah1113, trashtalk02, tigernole, BuffaloBob, sbarrett, JohnEpar, gridmarks, Mount Nittany, aidenofthehammer, TJ, Zombie, Sean34, jmelgren, tommyboymooser, | |||
| Virginia Tech - ohiocane, YetAnotherCat, | |||