The Mountain West had three teams finish in the top 25 polls -- same as last year -- however Air Force was able to snag a few votes to be considered for both polls. There is one oddity I would like to point out is that Villanova an FCS program received two votes! What is going on with that they are not even in the same division. I know App State received some votes when the beat Michigan, but even that was out of line. The voter who did put Villanova at 24th in their polls was Ray Ratto from The San Francisco Chronicle.
TCU only fell a few spots to sixth, then BYU was 12th, and Utah 18th. This was the same for both polls.
| AP Top 25 | ||||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS | PVS |
| 1 | Alabama (60) | 14-0 | 1500 | 1 |
| 2 | Texas | 13-1 | 1399 | 2 |
| 3 | Florida | 13-1 | 1370 | 5 |
| 4 | Boise State | 14-0 | 1366 | 6 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 11-2 | 1224 | 8 |
| 6 | TCU | 12-1 | 1163 | 3 |
| 7 | Iowa | 11-2 | 1126 | 10 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 12-1 | 1060 | 4 |
| 9 | Penn State | 11-2 | 1016 | 11 |
| 10 | Virginia Tech | 10-3 | 953 | 12 |
| 11 | Oregon | 10-3 | 886 | 7 |
| 12 | Brigham Young | 11-2 | 806 | 15 |
| 13 | Georgia Tech | 11-3 | 768 | 9 |
| 14 | Nebraska | 10-4 | 724 | 20 |
| 15 | Pittsburgh | 10-3 | 697 | 17 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | 10-3 | 571 | 24 |
| 17 | LSU | 9-4 | 501 | 13 |
| 18 | Utah | 10-3 | 491 | 23 |
| 19 | Miami (FL) | 9-4 | 310 | 14 |
| 20 | Mississippi | 9-4 | 296 | NR |
| 21 | Texas Tech | 9-4 | 224 | NR |
| 22 | USC | 9-4 | 216 | NR |
| 23 | Central Michigan | 12-2 | 166 | 25 |
| 24 | Clemson | 9-5 | 125 | NR |
| 25 | West Virginia | 9-4 | 91 | 18 |
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 90, Oregon State 89, Navy 85, Stanford 67, Oklahoma State 40, Rutgers 37, Auburn 8, Georgia 7, Florida State 6, Connecticut 5, Arizona 5, Middle Tennessee 4, Air Force 3, Arkansas 3, Villanova 2
|
Rank
|
Team (first-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Final regular season rank
|
|
1.
|
Alabama (58)
|
14-0
|
1,450
|
1
|
|
2.
|
Texas
|
13-1
|
1,360
|
2
|
|
3.
|
Florida
|
13-1
|
1,323
|
5
|
|
4.
|
Boise State
|
14-0
|
1,312
|
6
|
|
5.
|
Ohio State
|
11-2
|
1,190
|
8
|
|
6.
|
TCU
|
12-1
|
1,104
|
3
|
|
7.
|
Iowa
|
11-2
|
1,087
|
11
|
|
8.
|
Penn State
|
11-2
|
1,071
|
9
|
|
9.
|
Cincinnati |
12-1
|
943
|
4
|
|
10.
|
Virginia Tech
|
10-3
|
940
|
12
|
|
11.
|
Oregon |
10-3
|
846
|
7
|
|
12.
|
Brigham Young
|
11-2
|
814
|
14
|
|
13.
|
Georgia Tech
|
11-3
|
741
|
10
|
|
14.
|
Nebraska
|
10-4
|
671
|
19
|
|
15.
|
Pittsburgh
|
10-3
|
667
|
16
|
|
16.
|
Wisconsin
|
10-3
|
587
|
22
|
|
17.
|
LSU |
9-4
|
530
|
13
|
|
18.
|
Utah |
10-3
|
466
|
24
|
|
19.
|
Miami (Fla.)
|
9-4
|
336
|
15
|
|
20.
|
Southern California
|
9-4
|
217
|
NR
|
|
21.
|
Mississippi |
9-4
|
192
|
NR
|
|
22.
|
West Virginia |
9-4
|
159
|
17
|
|
23.
|
Texas Tech
|
9-4
|
152
|
NR
|
|
24.
|
Central Michigan |
12-2
|
123
|
NR
|
|
25.
|
Oklahoma State |
9-4
|
92
|
18
|
Others receiving votes Navy (10-4) 89; Oregon State (8-5) 78; Clemson (9-5) 75; Oklahoma (8-5) 67; Stanford (8-5) 49; Auburn (8-5) 17; Georgia (8-5) 13; Houston (10-4) 12; Middle Tennessee (10-3) 12; Arizona (8-5) 11; Arkansas (8-5) 10; Connecticut (8-5) 10; Florida State (7-6) 9; Air Force (8-5) 7; Rutgers (9-4) 7; Northwestern (8-5) 6; East Carolina (9-5) 4; Southern Methodist (8-5) 1.