The Amway Top 25 football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 29, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking:
| Record | Pts | Pvs | |
| 1. Alabama (59) | 8-0 | 1547 | 1 |
| 2. Notre Dame (2) | 9-1 | 1479 | 2 |
| 3. Clemson | 8-1 | 1391 | 4 |
| 4. Ohio State (1) | 4-0 | 1382 | 3 |
| 5. Florida | 7-1 | 1255 | 5 |
| 6. Texas A&M | 6-1 | 1254 | 6 |
| 7. Cincinnati | 8-0 | 1177 | 7 |
| 8. Brigham Young | 9-0 | 1073 | 8 |
| 9. Miami | 7-1 | 1026 | 9 |
| 10. Georgia | 6-2 | 972 | 10 |
| 11. Indiana | 5-1 | 934 | 12 |
| 12. Iowa State | 7-2 | 855 | 15 |
| 13. Oklahoma | 6-2 | 816 | 14 |
| 14. Coastal Carolina | 9-0 | 625 | 17 |
| 15. Marshall | 7-0 | 615 | 16 |
| 16. Southern California | 3-0 | 581 | 18 |
| 17. Northwestern | 5-1 | 535 | 13 |
| 18. Oklahoma State | 6-2 | 469 | 22 |
| 19. Wisconsin | 2-1 | 459 | 20 |
| 20. Oregon | 3-1 | 343 | 11 |
| 21. Louisiana-Lafayette | 8-1 | 293 | 24 |
| 22. Tulsa | 5-1 | 228 | 25 |
| 23. Washington | 3-0 | 186 | NR |
| 24. Iowa | 4-2 | 125 | NR |
| 25. Liberty | 9-1 | 87 | NR |
Dropped out: No. 19 Auburn (5-3); No. 21 Texas (5-3); No. 23 North Carolina (6-3).
Others receiving votes: Auburn (5-3) 75; North Carolina (6-3) 68; Missouri (4-3) 43; Texas (5-3) 40; North Carolina State (7-3) 40; Appalachian State (7-2) 33; Buffalo (4-0) 29; Colorado (3-0) 27; San Jose State (4-0) 19; Memphis (6-2) 17; Boise State (4-1) 15; Nevada (5-1) 14; Boston College (6-4) 10; Army (7-2) 6; Mississippi (4-4) 3; West Virginia (5-3) 2; Florida Atlantic (5-1) 1; Central Florida (6-3) 1.
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