| Rank | CPI | AP (No1 Votes) | BCS [Computer Rk] |
| 1 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame (60) | Notre Dame [1] |
| 2 | Florida | Alabama | Alabama [3] |
| 3 | Alabama | Ohio State* | Florida [2] |
| 4 | Ohio State* | Florida | Oregon [6] |
| 5 | Oregon | Oregon | Kansas St [T-4] |
| 6 | Kansas St | Georgia | Stanford T-4] |
| 7 | Texas A&M | Kansas St | Georgia [11] |
| 8 | Stanford | Stanford | LSU [7] |
| 9 | South Carolina | LSU | Texas A&M [10] |
| 10 | LSU | Texas A&M | South Carolina [9] |
| 11 | Oklahoma | South Carolina | Oklahoma [8] |
| 12 | Georgia | Oklahoma | Florida St [16] |
| 13 | Florida St | Florida St | Oregon St [12] |
| 14 | Nebraska | Clemson | Clemson [15] |
| 15 | San José St | Oregon St | Northern Illinois [19] |
| 16 | Clemson | Northern Illinois | Nebraska [13] |
| 17 | Oregon St | UCLA | UCLA [T-17] |
| 18 | Kent St | Utah St | Michigan [14] |
| 19 | Northern Illinois | Michigan | Boise St [31] |
| 20 | Cincinnati | Boise St | Northwestern [21] |
| 21 | Utah St | Northwestern | Louisville [29] |
| 22 | Ball St | Louisville | Utah St [23] |
| 23 | Louisville | Nebraska | Texas [T-17] |
| 24 | Northwestern | San Jose St | San Jose St [20] |
| 25 | Arkansas St | Kent St | Kent St [25] |