The regular season and the conference championship games are over, so this is the final poll until after the bowl season, and the National Championship Game.
There's a lot of close bunching up and down the top 25, so the bowls should produce some shakeups; good matchups do that.
Consensus:
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1 | Clemson (2) | 74 |
| 2 | Alabama (1) | 73 |
| 3 | Michigan State | 68 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 66 |
| 5 | Iowa | 61 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 60 |
| 7 | Stanford | 56 |
| 8 | TCU | 49 |
| 9-Tie | North Carolina | 48 |
| 9_Tie | Notre Dame | 48 |
| 11 | Florida State | 45 |
| 12 | Northwestern | 39 |
| 13 | Oregon | 38 |
| 14 | Houston | 37 |
| 15 | Oklahoma State | 33 |
| 16-Tie | Baylor | 26 |
| 16-Tie | Mississippi | 26 |
| 18 | Michigan | 24 |
| 19 | Florida | 23 |
| 20 | Navy | 13 |
| 21-Tie | Utah | 12 |
| 21-Tie | Western Kentucky | 12 |
| 23 | Temple | 11 |
| 24 | USC | 10 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 8 |
| Others: Toledo 2, Mississippi State 1 |
Individual Polls:
| Andy | Kurt | Robert | |
| 1 | Clemsom | Alabama | Clemson |
| 2 | Alabama | Clemson | Alabama |
| 3 | Michigan State | Oklahoma | Michigan State |
| 4 | Oklahoma | Michigan State | Iowa |
| 5 | Stanford | Ohio State | Oklahoma |
| 6 | Iowa | Notre Dame | Ohio State |
| 7 | Ohio State | Iowa | Stanford |
| 8 | Houston | TCU | Florida State |
| 9 | North Carolina | Oregon | Northwestern |
| 10 | TCU | Stanford | North Carolina |
| 11 | Northwestern | North Carolina | TCU |
| 12 | Notre Dame | Florida State | Notre Dame |
| 13 | Florida State | Baylor | Houston |
| 14 | Oregon | LSU | Oklahoma State |
| 15 | Oklahoma State | Florida | Mississippi |
| 16 | Temple | Oklahoma State | Baylor |
| 17 | Florida | Michigan | Oregon |
| 18 | Michigan | Mississippi | Navy |
| 19 | Mississippi | Northwestern | Michigan |
| 20 | Western Kentucky | Houston | Western Kentucky |
| 21 | USC | USC | Wisconsin |
| 22 | Utah | Utah | Utah |
| 23 | Baylor | Navy | Florida |
| 24 | Navy | Wisconsin | Toledo |
| 25 | Wisconsin | Mississippi State | Temple |