Coaches Poll
1. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
(81) - 2,398
2. SMU Mustangs
(10) - 2,254
3. Ohio State Buckeyes
(3) - 2,128
4. Missouri Tigers
(3) - 2,113
5. Kansas Jayhawks
- 2,010
6. Georgia Bulldogs
- 1,792
7. Oregon State Beavers
- 1,757
8. Nebraska Cornhuskers
- 1,629
9. LSU Tigers
(1) - 1,495
10. West Virginia Mountaineers
- 1,470
12. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
- 1,308
13. Ball State Cardinals
- 909
16. Michigan Wolverines
- 745
17. Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles
- 696
18. South Carolina Gamecocks
- 676
19. Northwestern Wildcats
- 665
20. Tennessee Volunteers
- 593
24. California Golden Bears
- 399
25. Arizona State Sun Devils
- 362
Others Receiving Votes:
Bowling Green Falcons 325,
Oregon Ducks 277,
Purdue Boilermakers 204,
Rutgers Scarlet Knights 104,
UMass Minutemen 99,
Clemson Tigers 96,
South Alabama Jaguars 93,
Florida Gators 86,
UTEP Miners 77,
Fresno State Bulldogs 67,
Air Force Falcons 47,
Kansas State Wildcats 42,
Iowa State Cyclones 41,
Cincinnati Bearcats 34,
Florida State Seminoles 34,
Miami Hurricanes 25,
USC Trojans 23,
Troy Trojans 20,
Arkansas State Red Wolves 19,
Pittsburgh Panthers 17,
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 17,
Boise State Broncos 16,
Central Michigan Chippewas 15,
Army Black Knights 15,
Penn State Nittany Lions 15,
Indiana Hoosiers 12,
Arizona Wildcats 12,
TCU Horned Frogs 12,
Kentucky Wildcats 11,
Oklahoma Sooners 11,
Alabama Crimson Tide 10,
Boston College Eagles 10,
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors 8,
UCF Knights 7,
Louisville Cardinals 6,
Marshall Thundering Herd 5,
Kent State Golden Flashes 5,
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 4,
Charlotte 49ers 4,
Mississippi State Bulldogs 3,
Virginia Tech Hokies 3,
Texas A&M Aggies 3,
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 3,
Navy Midshipmen 3,
BYU Cougars 2,
Washington State Cougars 2,
Georgia State Panthers 1,
Duke Blue Devils 1,
UNLV Rebels 1,
Vanderbilt Commodores 1,
Wisconsin Badgers 1,