USA Today Top 25

    
            

        	
		
        
                
Record   Pts    Pvs
    
            

        	
		
        
                
1. Southern Cal (56)   9-0   1,544    1
    
            

        	
		
        
                
2. Texas (6)           9-0   1,494    2
    
            

        	
		
        
                
3. Alabama             9-0   1,398    4
    
            

        	
		
        
                
4. Miami (Fla.)        7-1   1,385    5
    
            

        	
		
        
                
5. LSU                 7-1   1,283    6
    
            

        	
		
        
                
6. Penn State          9-1   1,139   11
    
            

        	
		
        
                
7. Notre Dame          6-2   1,124    9
    
            

        	
		
        
                
8. Virginia Tech       8-1   1,116    3
    
            

        	
		
        
                
9. Georgia             7-1   1,093   10
    
            

        	
		
        
                
10. Ohio State         7-2     962   12
    
            

        	
		
        
                
11. Oregon             8-1     919   13
    
            

        	
		
        
                
12. Florida            7-2     754   15
    
            

        	
		
        
                
13. Texas Tech         8-1     745   17
    
            

        	
		
        
                
14. UCLA               8-1     744    7
    
            

        	
		
        
                
15. West Virginia      7-1     710   16
    
            

        	
		
        
                
16. Florida State      7-2     667    8
    
            

        	
		
        
                
17. Auburn             7-2     619   18
    
            

        	
		
        
                
18. TCU                9-1     491   20
    
            

        	
		
        
                
19. Wisconsin          8-2     385   14
    
            

        	
		
        
                
20. Fresno State       7-1     360   22
    
            

        	
		
        
                
21. Colorado           7-2     302   24
    
            

        	
		
        
                
22. Michigan           6-3     275   23
    
            

        	
		
        
                
23. Louisville         6-2     242   25
    
            

        	
		
        
                
24. Georgia Tech       6-2     117   NR
    
            

        	
		
        
                
25. Boston College     6-3      56   19
    
            

        	
		
        
                

Others receiving votes: California 55; Texas-El Paso 52; Northwestern 43; Boise State 31; South Carolina 18; Minnesota 17; Oklahoma 8; Clemson 1; Iowa State 1.