| Rank | CPI | AP (No1 Votes) | BCS [Comp Rk] |
| 1 | Florida State | Tennessee (70) | Tennessee [1] |
| 2 | Tennessee | Florida State | Florida State [2] |
| 3 | UCLA | Ohio State | Kansas State [3] |
| 4 | Texas A&M | Kansas State | Ohio State [6] |
| 5 | Kansas State | Arizona | UCLA [4] |
| 6 | Ohio State | UCLA | Texas A&M [5] |
| 7 | Arizona | Florida | Arizona [7] |
| 8 | Florida | Texas A&M | Florida [T-8] |
| 9 | Wisconsin | Wisconsin | Wisconsin [T-8] |
| 10 | Virginia | Tulane | Tulane [11] |
| 11 | Georgia Tech | Arkansas | Nebraska [10] |
| 12 | Nebraska | Georgia Tech | Virginia [T-13] |
| 13 | Tulane | Virginia | Arkansas [15] |
| 14 | Texas | Nebraska | Georgia Tech [T-13] |
| 15 | Air Force | Michigan | Syracuse [12] |
| 16 | Arkansas | Air Force | |
| 17 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | |
| 18 | Penn State | Syracuse | |
| 19 | Southern California | Georgia | |
| 20 | Michigan | Texas | |
| 21 | Syracuse | Oregon | |
| 22 | Oregon | Penn State | |
| 23 | Miami (Ohio) | Missouri | |
| 24 | Marshall | Miami (Florida) | |
| 25 | Miami (Florida) | Mississippi State |