The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
| Record | Pts | Pvs | |
| 1. Alabama (50) | 12-1 | 1535 | 4 |
| 2. Michigan (9) | 12-1 | 1480 | 2 |
| 3. Georgia | 12-1 | 1408 | 1 |
| 4. Cincinnatti (3) | 13-0 | 1404 | 3 |
| 5. Notre Dame | 11-1 | 1280 | 6 |
| 6. Baylor | 11-2 | 1228 | 9 |
| 7. Onio St. | 10-2 | 1177 | 7 |
| 8. Mississippi | 10-2 | 1101 | 8 |
| 9. Oklahoma St. | 11-2 | 1060 | 5 |
| 10. Utah | 10-3 | 929 | 14 |
| 11. Michigan State | 10-2 | 895 | 11 |
| 12. Brigham Young | 10-2 | 866 | 12 |
| 13. Pittsburgh | 11-2 | 638 | 17 |
| 14. Oklahoma | 10-2 | 807 | 13 |
| 15. Oregon | 10-3 | 594 | 10 |
| 16. Louisiana-Lafayette | 12-1 | 490 | 20 |
| 17. Iowa | 10-3 | 446 | 15 |
| 18. North Carolina State | 9-3 | 404 | 21 |
| 19. Clemson | 9-3 | 395 | 22 |
| 20. Wake Forest | 9-3 | 393 | 18 |
| 21. Houston | 11-2 | 358 | 16 |
| 22. Arkansas | 8-4 | 279 | 23 |
| 23. Texas A&M | 8-4 | 171 | 24 |
| 24. UTSA | 12-1 | 146 | NR |
| 25. Kentucky | 9-3 | 129 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: Utah St. 109, Wisconsin 66, San Diego St. 63, Minnesota 38, Purdue 36, Appalachian St. 9, Army 7, Mississippi St. 4, Penn St. 4, Northeastern.
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