| Rank | Team | Points | Previous |
| 1 | USC (24) | 1023 | 2 |
| 2 | Texas (8) | 995 | 1 |
| 3 | Virginia Tech (9) | 981 | 3 |
| 4 | Alabama (1) | 880 | 5 |
| 5 | Miami | 792 | 8 |
| 6 | UCLA | 784 | 6 |
| 7 | LSU | 740 | 7 |
| 8 | Penn St. | 708 | 9 |
| 9 | Florida St. | 620 | 10 |
| 10 | Georgia | 617 | 4 |
| 11 | Ohio St. | 573 | 14 |
| 12 | Notre Dame | 552 | 11 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 517 | 12 |
| 14 | Oregon | 483 | 15 |
| 15 | Florida | 460 | 18 |
| 16 | Texas Tech | 426 | 16 |
| 17 | Auburn | 372 | 19 |
| 18 | West Virginia | 322 | 17 |
| 19 | Boston College | 295 | 13 |
| 20 | TCU | 278 | 20 |
| 21 | Fresno St. | 221 | 22 |
| 22 | Michigan | 219 | 25 |
| 23 | California | 153 | 24 |
| 24 | Colorado | 148 | 27 |
| 25 | UTEP | 83 | 29 |
| (#) represents the number of first place votes received | |||
| Other teams receiving votes: Louisville 73, Georgia Tech 58, Minnesota 48, Northwestern 37, Rutgers 32, Boise St. 24, Michigan St. 22, Toledo 18, Iowa 17, South Carolina 15, Iowa St. 14, Oklahoma 12, Tennessee 10, Kansas 9, Oregon St. 8, Arizona St. 3, BYU 2, Central Florida 2, Colorado St. 1, Stanford 1, Temple 1, Vanderbilt 1, | |||
| Who Voted Who #1: | |||
| Alabama - wmojr, | |||
| Texas - Tnkemist, trashtalk02, BuffaloBob, DoubleNickel, Panther, Raider, Blue&Orange, bvr_rugger, | |||
| USC - tommyboymooser, badger mike, ebuchholz, stucress, AJB, MSU'89, vaskez, ashkii49, Victors_Dave, Jake Decker, JamesRiverHokie, Dave, RickW267, Brandon's, jcdato, DAWG, The Jag, tigernole, Sean34, Bama Artist, siah1113, sbarrett, JohnEpar, Mount Nittany, | |||
| Virginia Tech - Mich2Raiders24, LeicsCity, ohiocane, silverandblackattack, gridmarks, TheRocks, YetAnotherCat, FootballSavant, bgator85, | |||