1. Alabama (7)
  2. Clemson (4)
  3. Georgia
  4. Ohio State
  5. Auburn
  6. Oklahoma
  7. Wisconsin
  8. Stanford
  9. Washington
  10. West Virginia
  11. LSU
  12. Notre Dame
  13. Virginia Tech
  14. Mississippi State
  15. TCU
  16. UCF
  17. Penn State
  18. Boise State
  19. Oregon
  20. Michigan
  21. Arizona State
  22. Iowa
  23. Miami (FL)
  24. Oklahoma State
  25. Utah

Others receiving votes: Boston College (15), USC (14), Ole Miss (13), Houston (13), Michigan State (9), Texas A&M (5), Duke (5), Hawaii (4), South Florida (3), Maryland (2)

Dropped Out of Rankings: USC (18), Michigan State (11), South Carolina (22), Florida (25)

New To Rankings: Arizona State, Iowa, Oklahoma State, Utah