| BCS | Harris Poll | USA Today | Computer Rankings | ||||||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | AVG | PVS | RK | PTS | % | RK | PTS | % | AVG | A&H | RB | CM | KM | JS | PW | % |
| 1 | LSU | 1.0000 | 1 | 1 | 2875 | 1.0000 | 1 | 1475 | 1.0000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 2 | Alabama | .9419 | 2 | 2 | 2723 | .9471 | 2 | 1411 | .9566 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .930 |
| 3 | Oklahoma State | .9333 | 3 | 3 | 2654 | .9231 | 5 | 1245 | .8441 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .950 |
| 4 | Stanford | .8476 | 4 | 4 | 2504 | .8710 | 4 | 1289 | .8739 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | .800 |
| 5 | Oregon | .7901 | 9 | 5 | 2372 | .8250 | 7 | 1041 | .7058 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 6 | .710 |
| 6 | Arkansas | .7687 | 8 | 7 | 2163 | .7523 | 10 | 937 | .6353 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | .800 |
| 7 | Boise State | .7408 | 7 | 6 | 2236 | .7777 | 8 | 1033 | .7003 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 8 | .680 |
| 8 | Kansas State | .6827 | 11 | 10 | 1733 | .6028 | 15 | 681 | .4617 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | .850 |
| 9 | South Carolina | .6553 | 12 | 9 | 1833 | .6376 | 13 | 833 | .5647 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | .670 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | .6374 | 15 | 8 | 2060 | .7165 | 12 | 852 | .5776 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 12 | .460 |
| 11 | Virginia Tech | .5190 | 5 | 11 | 1498 | .5210 | 3 | 1291 | .8753 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 17 | .470 |
| 12 | Baylor | .4977 | 17 | 16 | 1228 | .4271 | 18 | 457 | .3098 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 11 | .660 |
| 13 | Michigan | .4794 | 16 | 12 | 1447 | .5033 | 16 | 658 | .4461 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 18 | .400 |
| 14 | Oklahoma | .4603 | 10 | 19 | 933 | .3245 | 11 | 882 | .5980 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 10 | .760 |
| 15 | Clemson | .4218 | 20 | 14 | 1351 | .4699 | 21 | 286 | .1939 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 13 | .350 |
| 16 | Georgia | .4119 | 14 | 18 | 1095 | .3809 | 14 | 816 | .5532 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 14 | .490 |
| 17 | Michigan State | .3883 | 13 | 13 | 1428 | .4967 | 9 | 941 | .6380 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 22 | .170 |
| 18 | TCU | .3869 | 18 | 15 | 1245 | .4330 | 17 | 534 | .3620 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 15 | .300 |
| 19 | Houston | .3504 | 6 | 17 | 1132 | .3937 | 6 | 1096 | .7431 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 19 | .290 |
| 20 | Nebraska | .2606 | 19 | 20 | 717 | .2494 | 19 | 390 | .2644 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 23 | 20 | .260 |
| 21 | Southern Miss | .1918 | 24 | 21 | 711 | .2473 | 23 | 173 | .1173 | 24 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .080 |
| 22 | Penn State | .1305 | 21 | 23 | 383 | .1332 | 22 | 192 | .1302 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .130 |
| 23 | West Virginia | .1233 | 23 | 22 | 522 | .1816 | 20 | 295 | .2000 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 24 | Texas | .0876 | 22 | NR | 6 | .0021 | NR | 51 | .0346 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 24 | .260 |
| 25 | Auburn | .0584 | NR | NR | 15 | .0052 | -- | -- | -- | 21 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 21 | .170 |





