| Rank | CPI | AP (No1 Votes) | BCS [Comp Rk] |
| 1 | Auburn | Auburn (36) | Auburn [1] |
| 2 | Oklahoma | Oregon (23) | Oregon [2] |
| 3 | Oregon | TCU (1) | TCU [3] |
| 4 | Michigan St | Wisconsin | Stanford [5] |
| 5 | Arkansas | Stanford | Wisconsin [8] |
| 6 | LSU | Ohio State | Ohio State [9] |
| 7 | Missouri | Michigan St | Oklahoma [4] |
| 8 | TCU | Arkansas | Arkansas [6] |
| 9 | Ohio State | Oklahoma | Michigan St [11] |
| 10 | Stanford | Boise St | LSU [7] |
| 11 | Boise St | LSU | Boise St [12] |
| 12 | Wisconsin | Virginia Tech | Missouri [10] |
| 13 | Texas A&M | Nevada | Virginia Tech [18] |
| 14 | Oklahoma St | Missouri | Oklahoma St [13] |
| 15 | Nevada | Alabama | Nevada [16] |
| 16 | Virginia Tech | Oklahoma St | Alabama [14] |
| 17 | Alabama | Nebraska | Texas A&M [15] |
| 18 | Nebraska | Texas A&M | Nebraska [17] |
| 19 | South Carolina | South Carolina | Utah [T-19] |
| 20 | Florida St | Utah | South Carolina [T-19] |
| 21 | Utah | Mississippi St | Mississippi St [21] |
| 22 | West Virginia | West Virginia | West Virginia [24] |
| 23 | Hawai`i | Florida St | Florida St [22] |
| 24 | Mississippi St | Hawai`i | Hawai`i [23] |
| 25 | North Carolina St | Connecticut | UCF [28] |