| NC
StateCoaches Poll |
Media Poll |
| 1. Miami (59) |
1. Miami (49) |
| 2. Kansas State |
2. Tennessee (21) |
| 3. Tennessee |
3. Kansas State (1) |
| 4. Ohio State |
4. Ohio State |
| 5. Notre Dame |
5. Wisconsin |
| 6. NC State |
6. USC |
| 7. USC |
7. NC State |
| 8. Virginia |
8. Virginia |
| 9. Texas |
9. Nebraska |
| 10. Nebraska |
10. Texas |
| 11. Wisconsin |
11. Notre Dame |
| 12. New Mexico |
12. New Mexico |
| 13. Virginia Tech |
13. Michigan |
| 14. Alabama |
14. Alabama |
| 15. Boise State |
15. Boise State |
| 16. Michigan |
16. Virginia Tech |
| 17. Oklahoma |
17. Oklahoma |
| 18. Georgia |
18. Pittsburgh |
| 19. West Virginia |
19. West Virginia |
| 20. Pittsburgh |
20. Georgia |
| 21. Louisville |
21. Auburn |
| 22. Auburn |
22. Oregon State |
| 23. South Carolina |
23. Louisville |
| 24. Oregon State |
24. Washington State |
| 25. Florida |
25. South Carolina |
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