| NC
StateCoaches Poll |
Media Poll |
| 1. Miami (34) |
1. Texas (48) |
| 2. Texas (23) |
2. Miami (22) |
| 3. Kansas
State(1) |
3. Kansas State (1) |
| 4. NC State (1) |
4. NC State |
| 5. Georgia |
5. Georgia |
| 6. Ohio State |
6. Pittsburgh |
| 7. Pittsburgh |
7. Ohio State |
| 8. Florida
State |
8. Florida State |
| 9. Notre Dame |
9. Notre Dame |
| 10. Tennessee |
10. Tennessee |
| 11. USC |
11. Michigan |
| 12. Michigan |
12. USC |
| 13. Maryland |
13. Maryland |
| 14. LSU |
14. Auburn |
| 15. Auburn |
15. LSU |
| 16. Virginia Tech |
16. Virginia Tech |
| 17. Arkansas |
17. Oklahoma |
| 18. Virginia |
18. Virginia |
| 19. Oklahoma |
19. West Virginia |
| 20. Boston College |
20. Wisconsin |
| 21. Florida |
21. Nebraska |
| 22. South Carolina |
22. Ole Miss |
| 23. Alabama |
23. Florida |
| 24. West Virginia |
24. Boston College |
| 25. Nebraska |
25. Minnesota |
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