| Rank | CPI | AP (No1 Votes) | BCS [Comp Rk] |
| 1 | LSU | LSU (60) | LSU [1] |
| 2 | Alabama | Alabama | Alabama [3] |
| 3 | Oklahoma St | Oklahoma St | Oklahoma St [2] |
| 4 | Boise St | Stanford | Stanford [T-5] |
| 5 | South Carolina | Southern Cal* | Oregon [8] |
| 6 | Kansas St | Oregon | Arkansas [T-5] |
| 7 | Virginia Tech | Arkansas | Boise St [9] |
| 8 | Stanford | Boise St | Kansas St [4] |
| 9 | Oregon | Wisconsin | South Carolina [10] |
| 10 | Michigan | South Carolina | Wisconsin [14] |
| 11 | Arkansas | Kansas St | Virginia Tech [13] |
| 12 | Houston | Michigan St | Baylor [11] |
| 13 | Southern Cal* | Michigan | Michigan [15] |
| 14 | TCU | Clemson | Oklahoma [7] |
| 15 | Georgia | Baylor | Clemson [16] |
| 16 | Oklahoma | TCU | Georgia [12] |
| 17 | Wisconsin | Virginia Tech | Michigan St [T-21] |
| 18 | Baylor | Georgia | TCU [17] |
| 19 | Nebraska | Oklahoma | Houston [18] |
| 20 | Clemson | Houston | Nebraska [T-19] |
| 21 | Penn State | Nebraska | Southern Miss [24] |
| 22 | Southern Miss | Southern Miss | Penn State [23] |
| 23 | West Virginia | West Virginia | West Virginia [25] |
| 24 | Michigan St | Penn State | Texas [T-19] |
| 25 | Arkansas St | Florida St | Auburn [T-21] |