| Rank | Team | Points | Previous |
| 1 | Texas (22) | 1064 | 1 |
| 2 | USC (19) | 1057 | 2 |
| 3 | Virginia Tech (2) | 1015 | 3 |
| 4 | Georgia | 906 | 4 |
| 5 | Alabama (1) | 905 | 5 |
| 6 | UCLA | 823 | 9 |
| 7 | LSU | 768 | 8 |
| 8 | Miami | 760 | 6 |
| 9 | Penn St. | 684 | 10 |
| 10 | Florida St. | 667 | 11 |
| 11 | Notre Dame | 585 | 12 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 540 | 17 |
| 13 | Boston College | 522 | 14 |
| 14 | Ohio St. | 512 | 13 |
| 15 | Oregon | 505 | 15 |
| 16 | Texas Tech | 407 | 7 |
| 17 | West Virginia | 339 | 20 |
| 18 | Florida | 310 | 18 |
| 19 | Auburn | 300 | 16 |
| 20 | TCU | 273 | 22 |
| 21 | Northwestern | 168 | 35 |
| 22 | Fresno St. | 165 | 27 |
| 23 | Minnesota | 155 | 24 |
| 24 | California | 128 | 28 |
| 25 | Michigan | 115 | 25 |
| (#) represents the number of first place votes received | |||
| Other teams receiving votes: Tennessee 101, Colorado 86, Toledo 71, UTEP 59, Louisville 57, Missouri 48, Georgia Tech 43, Texas A&M 25, Boise St. 14, Rutgers 14, Oregon St. 13, Arizona St. 12, Nebraska 10, Baylor 9, Oklahoma 9, Iowa 8, Iowa St. 8, Michigan St. 7, Virginia 7, Clemson 5, Nevada 5, Tulsa 5, Stanford 4, Southern Miss 3, Connecticut 2, Navy 1, New Mexico 1, | |||
| Who Voted Who #1: | |||
| Alabama - wmojr, | |||
| Texas - silverandblackattack, burtontexjap, DoubleNickel, Mich2Raiders24, LSUFATBOY, Jhereg, tigernole, karenlee, BuffaloBob, gridmarks, trashtalk02, LeicsCity, Bigdaddy, bvr_rugger, Sean34, FootballSavant, Zombie, Blue&Orange, Jeff Bihl, Tnkemist, DAWG, tommyboymooser, | |||
| USC - USMSET, Jake Decker, AJB, ashkii49, badger mike, tigger, Victors_Dave, Sailor, RickW267, stucress, JamesRiverHokie, vaskez, Dave, The Jag, siah1113, sbarrett, JohnEpar, Mount Nittany, MSU'89, | |||
| Virginia Tech - ohiocane, OU_Lyndell, | |||