| Rank | CPI | AP (No1 Votes) | BCS [Comp Rk] |
| 1 | Florida State | Florida State (64) | Florida State [1] |
| 2 | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech (6) | Virginia Tech [2] |
| 3 | Alabama | Nebraska | Nebraska [3] |
| 4 | Nebraska | Wisconsin | Alabama [4] |
| 5 | Marshall | Alabama | Tennessee [6] |
| 6 | Michigan | Tennessee | Kansas State [5] |
| 7 | Michigan State | Kansas State | Wisconsin [T-7] |
| 8 | Tennessee | Michigan | Michigan [9] |
| 9 | Kansas State | Michigan State | Michigan State [T-7] |
| 10 | Penn State | Florida | Florida [10] |
| 11 | Florida | Marshall | Penn State [11] |
| 12 | Wisconsin | Minnesota | Marshall [16] |
| 13 | Mississippi State | Penn State | Minnesota [17] |
| 14 | Minnesota | Texas | Texas A&M [15] |
| 15 | Southern Miss | Mississippi State | Texas [14] |
| 16 | Louisiana Tech | Southern Miss | |
| 17 | Miami (FL) | Georgia Tech | |
| 18 | Brigham Young | Texas A&M | |
| 19 | Texas A&M | Purdue | |
| 20 | Colorado State | East Carolina | |
| 21 | Georgia Tech | Georgia | |
| 22 | Utah | Stanford | |
| 23 | Boise State | Miami FL | |
| 24 | East Carolina | Arkansas | |
| 25 | Texas | Boston College |