| 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 | .9918 | 1 | 1 | 2803 | .9835 | 1 | 1463 | .9919 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 1.000 |
| 2 | Texas | .9227 | 3 | 2 | 2714 | .9523 | 2 | 1395 | .9458 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 22 | .870 |
| 3 | Alabama | .9166 | 2 | 3 | 2672 | .9375 | 3 | 1390 | .9424 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 20 | .870 |
| 4 | Iowa | .8407 | 4 | 7 | 2209 | .7751 | 6 | 1161 | .7871 | 2 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | .960 |
| 5 | Cincinnati | .8033 | 8 | 5 | 2281 | .8004 | 7 | 1150 | .7797 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 23 | .830 |
| 6 | TCU | .8008 | 6 | 6 | 2226 | .7811 | 4 | 1182 | .8014 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 21 | .820 |
| 7 | Boise State | .7863 | 7 | 4 | 2313 | .8116 | 5 | 1176 | .7973 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 18 | .750 |
| 8 | Oregon | .7651 | 10 | 8 | 2148 | .7537 | 8 | 1079 | .7315 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 19 | .810 |
| 9 | LSU | .7121 | 9 | 9 | 2070 | .7263 | 9 | 1062 | .7200 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | .690 |
| 10 | Georgia Tech | .6287 | 11 | 11 | 1775 | .6228 | 11 | 934 | .6332 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 16 | .630 |
| 11 | Penn State | .6166 | 12 | 10 | 1809 | .6347 | 10 | 966 | .6549 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 14 | .560 |
| 12 | USC | .5336 | 5 | 12 | 1415 | .4965 | 13 | 729 | .4942 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | .610 |
| 13 | Pittsburgh | .4401 | 15 | 15 | 1282 | .4498 | 14 | 694 | .4705 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 12 | .400 |
| 14 | Utah | .4226 | 16 | 16 | 1121 | .3933 | 16 | 567 | .3844 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | .490 |
| 15 | Houston | .4209 | 18 | 14 | 1303 | .4572 | 15 | 672 | .4556 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 11 | .350 |
| 16 | Ohio State | .3784 | 17 | 13 | 1369 | .4804 | 12 | 730 | .4949 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .160 |
| 17 | Miami (FL) | .3707 | 19 | 17 | 1111 | .3898 | 17 | 549 | .3722 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | .350 |
| 18 | Arizona | .2589 | 20 | 21 | 598 | .2098 | 19 | 320 | .2169 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 10 | .350 |
| 19 | Oklahoma State | .2179 | 14 | 18 | 690 | .2421 | 18 | 371 | .2515 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .160 |
| 20 | California | .2095 | 24 | 22 | 385 | .1351 | 23 | 197 | .1336 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | .360 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | .1939 | NR | 24 | 295 | .1035 | 22 | 204 | .1383 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | .340 |
| 22 | Notre Dame | .1903 | 23 | 20 | 657 | .2305 | 21 | 281 | .1905 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .150 |
| 23 | Virginia Tech | .1559 | 13 | 23 | 333 | .1168 | 24 | 193 | .1308 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .220 |
| 24 | Oklahoma | .1494 | NR | 19 | 673 | .2361 | 20 | 313 | .2122 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 25 | South Florida | .0786 | NR | 26 | 176 | .0618 | 26 | 65 | .0441 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | .130 |






