| 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 | .9886 | NR | 1 | 2802 | .9832 | 1 | 1464 | .9925 | 1 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | .990 |
| 2 | Alabama | .9526 | NR | 2 | 2736 | .9600 | 2 | 1398 | .9478 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | .950 |
| 3 | Texas | .8911 | NR | 3 | 2661 | .9337 | 3 | 1386 | .9397 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 19 | .800 |
| 4 | Boise State | .8083 | NR | 5 | 2289 | .8032 | 5 | 1153 | .7817 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 21 | .840 |
| 5 | Cincinnati | .7870 | NR | 6 | 2173 | .7625 | 6 | 1104 | .7485 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | .850 |
| 6 | Iowa | .7869 | NR | 7 | 2045 | .7175 | 8 | 1037 | .7031 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 24 | .940 |
| 7 | USC | .7695 | NR | 4 | 2394 | .8400 | 4 | 1237 | .8386 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 17 | .630 |
| 8 | TCU | .7139 | NR | 8 | 2015 | .7070 | 7 | 1069 | .7247 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 20 | .710 |
| 9 | LSU | .7083 | NR | 9 | 1996 | .7004 | 10 | 995 | .6746 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 18 | .750 |
| 10 | Miami (FL) | .6273 | NR | 10 | 1896 | .6653 | 9 | 998 | .6766 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 14 | .540 |
| 11 | Oregon | .5849 | NR | 12 | 1577 | .5533 | 14 | 769 | .5214 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 16 | .680 |
| 12 | Georgia Tech | .5702 | NR | 13 | 1489 | .5225 | 13 | 779 | .5281 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 15 | .660 |
| 13 | Penn State | .4982 | NR | 11 | 1620 | .5684 | 11 | 894 | .6061 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | .320 |
| 14 | Virginia Tech | .4947 | NR | 15 | 1278 | .4484 | 15 | 672 | .4556 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 13 | .580 |
| 15 | Oklahoma State | .4043 | NR | 14 | 1436 | .5039 | 12 | 795 | .5390 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .170 |
| 16 | Brigham Young | .2986 | NR | 16 | 1210 | .4246 | 16 | 577 | .3912 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .080 |
| 17 | Houston | .2660 | NR | 18 | 834 | .2926 | 18 | 421 | .2854 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .220 |
| 18 | Utah | .2511 | NR | 19 | 627 | .2200 | 20 | 300 | .2034 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 10 | .330 |
| 19 | Ohio State | .2216 | NR | 17 | 937 | .3288 | 17 | 481 | .3261 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .010 |
| 20 | Pittsburgh | .2012 | NR | 20 | 545 | .1912 | 19 | 328 | .2224 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .190 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | .1180 | NR | 38 | 18 | .0063 | 31 | 26 | .0176 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 5 | .330 |
| 22 | Arizona | .1138 | NR | 37 | 19 | .0067 | 40 | 7 | .0047 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 12 | .330 |
| 23 | West Virginia | .1113 | NR | 23 | 275 | .0965 | 22 | 188 | .1275 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .110 |
| 24 | South Carolina | .1040 | NR | 26 | 216 | .0758 | 23 | 142 | .0963 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .140 |
| 25 | Kansas | .0973 | NR | 21 | 403 | .1414 | 21 | 222 | .1505 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |






