| NC
StateCoaches Poll |
Media Poll |
| 1. Miami (30) |
1. Kansas State (43) |
| 2. Kansas State
(27) |
2. Miami (25) |
| 3. NC State (1) |
3. NC State (1) |
| 4. Georgia (1) |
4. Georgia (1) |
| 5. Ohio State |
5. Ohio State |
| 6. Florida
State |
6. Florida State |
| 7. Notre Dame |
7. Notre Dame |
| 8. Tennessee |
8. Tennessee |
| 9. Texas |
9. Texas |
| 10. USC |
10. Michigan |
| 11. Michigan |
11. USC |
| 12. Virginia Tech |
12. Virginia Tech |
| 13. Arkansas |
13. Pittsburgh |
| 14. Pittsburgh |
14. Virginia |
| 15. Virginia |
15. Wisconsin |
| 16. Boston College |
16. Nebraska |
| 17. Mississippi State |
17. Ole Miss |
| 18. Auburn |
18. Auburn |
| 19. Ole Miss |
19. Mississippi State |
| 20. Nebraska |
20. Maryland |
| 21. Maryland |
21. West Virginia |
| 22. Iowa State |
22. Boston College |
| 23. Clemson |
23. Minnesota |
| 24. South Carolina |
24. Boise State |
| 25. North Texas |
25. Arkansas |
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