| Rank | CPI | AP (No1 Votes) | BCS [Comp Rk] |
| 1 | Auburn | Florida St (56) | Florida St [1] |
| 2 | Florida St | Auburn (4) | Auburn [2] |
| 3 | Missouri | Alabama | Alabama [T-3] |
| 4 | Baylor | Michigan St | Michigan St [5] |
| 5 | Alabama | Stanford | Stanford [T-3] |
| 6 | Ohio State | Baylor | Baylor [9] |
| 7 | South Carolina | Ohio State | Ohio State [7] |
| 8 | Michigan St | South Carolina | Missouri [6] |
| 9 | Stanford | Missouri | South Carolina [8] |
| 10 | Clemson | Oregon | Oregon [10] |
| 11 | Arizona St | Oklahoma | Oklahoma [12] |
| 12 | Oklahoma St | Clemson | Clemson [13] |
| 13 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma St | Oklahoma St [14] |
| 14 | Central Florida | LSU | Arizona St [11] |
| 15 | Oregon | Central Florida | Central Florida [15] |
| 16 | Northern Illinois | Arizona St | LSU [17] |
| 17 | Fresno St | UCLA | UCLA [16] |
| 18 | Louisville | Louisville | Louisville [23] |
| 19 | Georgia | Wisconsin | Wisconsin [20] |
| 20 | UCLA | Texas A&M | Fresno St [26] |
| 21 | LSU | Fresno St | Texas A&M [T-21] |
| 22 | Duke | Duke | Georgia [18] |
| 23 | Wisconsin | Georgia | Northern Illinois [19] |
| 24 | Miami FL | Northern Illinois | Duke [25] |
| 25 | Texas A&M | Notre Dame | Southern Cal [T-21] |