| BCS | Harris Poll | USA Today | Computer Rankings | ||||||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | AVG | PVS | RK | PTS | % | RK | PTS | % | AVG | A&H | RB | CM | KM | JS | PW | % |
| 1 | Florida | .9726 | 1 | 1 | 2765 | .9788 | 1 | 1459 | .9892 | 2 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | .950 |
| 2 | Alabama | .9450 | 2 | 2 | 2674 | .9465 | 2 | 1399 | .9485 | 3 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | .940 |
| 3 | Texas | .8927 | 3 | 3 | 2672 | .9458 | 3 | 1390 | .9424 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 20 | .790 |
| 4 | Iowa | .8249 | 6 | 8 | 2086 | .7384 | 8 | 1086 | .7363 | 1 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 1.000 |
| 5 | USC | .7944 | 7 | 4 | 2316 | .8198 | 4 | 1244 | .8434 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | .720 |
| 6 | TCU | .7890 | 8 | 7 | 2119 | .7501 | 6 | 1131 | .7668 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 22 | .850 |
| 7 | Boise State | .7752 | 4 | 5 | 2273 | .8046 | 5 | 1152 | .7810 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 18 | .740 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | .7735 | 5 | 6 | 2224 | .7873 | 7 | 1126 | .7634 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 21 | .770 |
| 9 | LSU | .7030 | 9 | 9 | 1994 | .7058 | 9 | 1037 | .7031 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | .700 |
| 10 | Oregon | .6456 | 11 | 11 | 1689 | .5979 | 12 | 839 | .5688 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 19 | .770 |
| 11 | Georgia Tech | .5895 | 12 | 12 | 1644 | .5819 | 11 | 865 | .5864 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | .600 |
| 12 | Penn State | .5851 | 13 | 10 | 1699 | .6014 | 10 | 935 | .6339 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | .520 |
| 13 | Virginia Tech | .4921 | 14 | 14 | 1350 | .4779 | 14 | 691 | .4685 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | .530 |
| 14 | Oklahoma State | .4494 | 15 | 13 | 1522 | .5388 | 13 | 825 | .5593 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 | .250 |
| 15 | Pittsburgh | .3415 | 20 | 17 | 952 | .3370 | 17 | 542 | .3675 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 9 | .320 |
| 16 | Utah | .3161 | 18 | 19 | 834 | .2952 | 19 | 403 | .2732 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | .380 |
| 17 | Ohio State | .3147 | 19 | 15 | 1125 | .3982 | 15 | 569 | .3858 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .160 |
| 18 | Houston | .3085 | 17 | 16 | 1064 | .3766 | 16 | 544 | .3688 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .180 |
| 19 | Miami (FL) | .2491 | 10 | 18 | 858 | .3037 | 18 | 433 | .2936 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | .150 |
| 20 | Arizona | .2241 | 22 | 25 | 230 | .0814 | 24 | 149 | .1010 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 14 | .490 |
| 21 | West Virginia | .1959 | 23 | 20 | 622 | .2202 | 20 | 365 | .2475 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .120 |
| 22 | South Carolina | .1891 | 24 | 21 | 475 | .1681 | 21 | 279 | .1892 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | .210 |
| 23 | Notre Dame | .1197 | NR | 24 | 236 | .0835 | 25 | 82 | .0556 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .220 |
| 24 | California | .0916 | NR | 28 | 65 | .0230 | 29 | 32 | .0217 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 5 | .230 |
| 25 | Mississippi | .0907 | NR | 23 | 342 | .1211 | 22 | 223 | .1512 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |





