| 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 | .9833 | 1 | 1 | 2793 | .9800 | 1 | 1460 | .9898 | 1 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | .980 |
| 2 | Alabama | .9521 | 2 | 3 | 2694 | .9453 | 3 | 1388 | .9410 | 2 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 23 | .970 |
| 3 | Texas | .9261 | 3 | 2 | 2711 | .9512 | 2 | 1397 | .9471 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | .880 |
| 4 | TCU | .8685 | 4 | 4 | 2479 | .8698 | 4 | 1277 | .8658 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | .870 |
| 5 | Cincinnati | .8536 | 5 | 5 | 2349 | .8242 | 5 | 1219 | .8264 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | .910 |
| 6 | Boise State | .7950 | 6 | 6 | 2317 | .8130 | 6 | 1183 | .8020 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | .770 |
| 7 | Georgia Tech | .7716 | 7 | 7 | 2168 | .7607 | 7 | 1127 | .7641 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | .790 |
| 8 | LSU | .6648 | 8 | 10 | 1813 | .6361 | 10 | 956 | .6481 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 18 | .710 |
| 9 | Pittsburgh | .6569 | 12 | 9 | 1895 | .6649 | 9 | 997 | .6759 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | .630 |
| 10 | Ohio State | .6495 | 11 | 8 | 1960 | .6877 | 8 | 1019 | .6908 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 13 | .570 |
| 11 | Oregon | .6265 | 13 | 11 | 1699 | .5961 | 11 | 875 | .5932 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | .690 |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | .4708 | 19 | 13 | 1408 | .4940 | 13 | 750 | .5085 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 10 | .410 |
| 13 | Iowa | .4529 | 10 | 14 | 1176 | .4126 | 15 | 584 | .3959 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 15 | .550 |
| 14 | Penn State | .4127 | 18 | 12 | 1467 | .5147 | 12 | 772 | .5234 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| 15 | Virginia Tech | .4036 | 21 | 16 | 976 | .3425 | 16 | 558 | .3783 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | .490 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | .3583 | 20 | 15 | 1134 | .3979 | 14 | 630 | .4271 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 6 | .250 |
| 17 | Stanford | .3406 | NR | 17 | 946 | .3319 | 17 | 516 | .3498 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | .340 |
| 18 | USC | .2714 | 9 | 20 | 576 | .2021 | 21 | 239 | .1620 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 14 | .450 |
| 19 | Oregon State | .2487 | 23 | 22 | 492 | .1726 | 20 | 256 | .1736 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 11 | .400 |
| 20 | Miami (FL) | .1936 | 14 | 24 | 442 | .1151 | 24 | 156 | .1058 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | .320 |
| 21 | Utah | .1910 | 16 | 21 | 568 | .1993 | 23 | 212 | .1437 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | .230 |
| 22 | Brigham Young | .1874 | 22 | 18 | 793 | .2782 | 18 | 404 | .2739 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .010 |
| 23 | Clemson | .1829 | NR | 19 | 578 | .2028 | 19 | 274 | .1858 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | .160 |
| 24 | Houston | .1150 | 15 | 23 | 484 | .1698 | 22 | 229 | .1553 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .020 |
| 25 | California | .0935 | NR | 29 | 123 | .0432 | 30 | 55 | .0373 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | .200 |





