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| AP | Coaches | Sagarin | |
| 1 | Florida State | Alabama | Alabama |
| 2 | Oregon | Florida State | Oklahoma |
| 3 | Alabama | Oklahoma | Oregon |
| 4 | Oklahoma | Oregon | Auburn |
| 5 | Auburn | Auburn | Texas A&M |
| 6 | Texas A&M | Baylor | UCLA |
| 7 | Baylor | Texas A&M | Georgia |
| 8 | UCLA | Notre Dame | Baylor |
| 9 | Notre Dame | UCLA | Florida State |
| 10 | Michigan State | Michigan State | Stanford |
| 11 | Ole Miss | Ole Miss | Michigan State |
| 12 | Mississippi State | Georgia | Notre Dame |
| 13 | Georgia | Stanford | LSU |
| 14 | Stanford | Mississippi State | USC |
| 15 | LSU | LSU | Ole Miss |
| 16 | USC | Wisconsin | Wisconsin |
| 17 | Wisconsin | Nebraska | Ohio State |
| 18 | BYU | Ohio State | Kansas State |
| 19 | Nebraska | BYU | Florida |
| 20 | Ohio State | USC | Clemson |
| 21 | Oklahoma State | East Carolina | Oklahoma State |
| 22 | East Carolina | Kansas State | South Carolina |
| 23 | Kansas State | Oklahoma State | BYU |
| 24 | Missouri | Arizona State | Mississippi State |
| 25 | TCU | TCU | Texas |