| NC
StateCoaches Poll |
Media Poll |
Bowl Rankings |
| 1. Kansas State
(59) |
1. Kansas State (71) |
1. Kansas State
3.30 |
| 2. Ohio State |
2. Ohio State |
2. Ohio State
6.09 |
| 3. Miami |
3. Miami |
3. Miami
7.93 |
| 4. Pittsburgh |
4. Pittsburgh |
4. Tennessee
11.03 |
| 5. Tennessee |
5. Tennessee |
5. Pittsburgh
12.55 |
| 6. Texas |
6. Nebraska |
6. Nebraska
15.14 |
| 7. Nebraska |
7. Texas |
7. Texas
16.32 |
| 8. Virginia
Tech |
8. Michigan |
8. Virginia
Tech 19.16 |
| 9. Notre Dame |
9. Virginia Tech |
9. Notre Dame
23.51 |
| 10. USC |
10. Wisconsin |
10. Michigan
25.19 |
| 11. NC State |
11. USC |
11. USC
26.63 |
| 12. Michigan |
12. Notre Dame |
12. NC State
27.23 |
| 13. Virginia |
13. NC State |
13. Wisconsin
31.70 |
| 14. Georgia |
14. Virginia |
14. Georgia
32.66 |
| 15. Wisconsin |
15. New Mexico |
15. Virginia
34.93 |
| 16. New Mexico |
16. Georgia |
|
| 17. Florida State |
17. Boise State |
|
| 18. Mississippi State |
18. Alabama |
|
| 19. Louisville |
19. Florida State |
|
| 20. Alabama |
20. Oklahoma |
|
| 21. Arkansas |
21. Louisville |
|
| 22. Ole Miss |
22. Mississippi State |
|
| 23. Boise State |
23. West Virginia |
|
| 24. Oklahoma |
24. Ole Miss |
|
| 25. Maryland |
25. Arkansas |
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