Top 25 Polls

Pre-Season (Aug 1 - Sep 1)

First Place Votes in Parentheses

Records include games against Division I opponents only.

AP Poll
Rank	Team	Record	Pts	Prev
1	Texas (25)	7-3	1552	4
2	Penn State (23)	4-6	1547	5
3	Ohio State (11)	10-0	1472	1
4	Clemson (4)	5-5	1398	14
5	Georgia (1)	9-1	1331	6
6	Notre Dame	8-2	1325	2
7	Oregon (1)	9-1	1236	3
8	Alabama	8-2	1179	17
9	LSU	6-4	1174	27
10	Miami (FL)	8-2	889	18
11	Arizona State	7-3	791	7
12	Illinois	7-3	713	16
13	South Carolina	3-7	667	19
14	Michigan	8-2	662	29
15	Florida	3-7	626	33
16	SMU	7-3	565	12
17	Kansas State	5-5	512	30
18	Oklahoma	8-2	463	NR
19	Texas A&M	10-0	434	35
20	Indiana	11-0	423	10
21	Ole Miss	10-1	370	11
22	Iowa State	6-4	309	15
23	Texas Tech	10-1	274	NR
24	Tennessee	7-3	192	9
25	Boise State	6-4	191	8
Rank	Team	Record	Pts	Prev
26	BYU	9-1	156	13
27	Utah	8-2	144	NR
28	Baylor	5-5	132	NR
29	Louisville	7-3	90	28
30	USC	8-2	64	NR
31	Georgia Tech	9-1	63	NR
32	Missouri	7-3	33	22
33	Nebraska	7-3	23	NR
33	Tulane	8-2	23	NR
35	UNLV	8-2	21	23
36	Toledo	6-4	13	NR
37	Auburn	4-6	10	NR
38	Memphis	8-3	9	24
38	James Madison	9-1	9	NR
40	Florida State	5-5	8	NR
41	Duke	5-5	6	NR
42	Navy	8-2	5	26
42	Iowa	6-4	5	NR
42	Liberty	4-6	5	NR
45	TCU	6-4	4	34
46	Pittsburgh	7-3	3	NR
47	Army	5-4	2	21
48	Colorado	3-7	1	25
48	Louisiana	5-6	1	NR

Coaches Poll
Rank	Team	Record	Pts	Prev
1	Texas (28)	7-3	1606	3
2	Ohio State (20)	10-0	1565	1
3	Penn State (14)	4-6	1525	5
4	Georgia (3)	9-1	1466	6
5	Notre Dame	8-2	1360	2
6	Clemson (2)	5-5	1324	11
7	Oregon	9-1	1307	4
8	Alabama	8-2	1210	17
9	LSU	6-4	1056	26
10	Miami (FL)	8-2	823	18
11	Arizona State	7-3	806	7
12	Illinois	7-3	734	16
13	South Carolina	3-7	665	19
14	Michigan	8-2	580	29
15	Ole Miss	10-1	573	13
16	SMU	7-3	555	11
17	Florida	3-7	498	NR
18	Tennessee	7-3	492	8
19	Indiana	11-0	460	10
20	Kansas State	5-5	438	29
21	Texas A&M	10-0	392	NR
21	Iowa State	6-4	392	15
23	BYU	9-1	287	14
24	Texas Tech	10-1	261	NR
25	Boise State	6-4	246	9
Rank	Team	Record	Pts	Prev
26	Oklahoma	8-2	221	NR
27	Missouri	7-3	142	20
28	Louisville	7-3	126	27
29	USC	8-2	116	NR
30	Utah	8-2	86	NR
31	Baylor	5-5	76	NR
32	Auburn	4-6	50	NR
33	Iowa	6-4	49	NR
34	Memphis	8-3	34	23
35	Army	5-4	33	21
36	Tulane	8-2	31	NR
37	Georgia Tech	9-1	27	NR
38	TCU	6-4	24	32
39	Nebraska	7-3	19	NR
40	Syracuse	3-7	16	22
41	Washington	7-3	15	NR
42	Navy	8-2	14	27
42	Arkansas	2-8	14	NR
44	Colorado	3-7	12	25
44	Duke	5-5	12	NR
46	Minnesota	6-4	11	NR
47	Florida State	5-5	8	NR
47	UNLV	8-2	8	24
49	Kansas	5-5	6	NR
50	Vanderbilt	8-2	3	NR
51	Buffalo	5-6	1	NR