| USA Today Coaches' Poll | ||||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS | PVS |
| 1 | Florida (58) | 4-0 | 1474 | 1 |
| 2 | Texas (1) | 4-0 | 1410 | 2 |
| 3 | Alabama | 4-0 | 1364 | 3 |
| 4 | LSU | 4-0 | 1226 | 7 |
| 5 | Boise State | 4-0 | 1144 | 8 |
| 6 | Virginia Tech | 3-1 | 1091 | 12 |
| 7 | USC | 3-1 | 1081 | 10 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 2-1 | 1055 | 9 |
| 9 | Ohio State | 3-1 | 1036 | 11 |
| 10 | TCU | 3-0 | 928 | 14 |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 4-0 | 848 | 15 |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | 3-1 | 665 | 16 |
| 13 | Penn State | 3-1 | 627 | 4 |
| 14 | Georgia | 3-1 | 616 | 17 |
| 15 | Houston | 3-0 | 539 | 23 |
| 16 | Kansas | 4-0 | 508 | 19 |
| 17 | Iowa | 4-0 | 462 | NR |
| 18 | Mississippi | 2-1 | 424 | 5 |
| 19 | California | 3-1 | 356 | 6 |
| 20 | Michigan | 4-0 | 304 | 22 |
| 21 | Miami (FL) | 2-1 | 298 | 13 |
| 21 | Brigham Young | 3-1 | 298 | 20 |
| 23 | Missouri | 4-0 | 295 | 21 |
| 24 | Nebraska | 3-1 | 242 | 24 |
| 25 | Oregon | 3-1 | 198 | NR |
