| Pollster report: USA Today Coaches' Poll |
| Rank | Team | Points | # 1 | Agree | Higher | Lower |
| 1 | Alabama | 1474 | 58 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 2 | Oregon | 1411 | 1 | |||
| 3 | South Carolina | 1345 | 0 - HIGHEST | |||
| 4 | West Virginia | 1296 | ||||
| 5 | Kansas State | 1216 | 0 - HIGHEST | |||
| 6 | Florida | 1165 | ||||
| 7 | Notre Dame | 1152 | 0 - LOWEST | |||
| 8 | LSU | 961 | 0 - HIGHEST | |||
| 9 | USC | 940 | 0 - HIGHEST | |||
| 10 | Oklahoma | 872 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 11 | Florida State | 819 | 0 | |||
| 12 | Georgia | 761 | ||||
| 13 | Clemson | 759 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 14 | Oregon State | 691 | 0 | |||
| 15 | Texas | 663 | ||||
| 16 | Louisville | 628 | 0 | |||
| 17 | Stanford | 577 | 0 - LOWEST | |||
| 18 | Mississippi State | 558 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Rutgers | 410 | ||||
| 20 | Cincinnati | 365 | ||||
| 21 | Texas A&M | 208 | 0 | |||
| 22 | Boise State | 197 | ||||
| 23 | TCU | 194 | 0 | |||
| 24 | Louisiana Tech | 131 | ||||
| 25 | Iowa State | 73 | ||||
| 26 | Arizona State | 61 | 0 | |||
| 27 | Baylor | 52 | ||||
| 28 | Michigan | 33 | 0 | |||
| 29 | Northwestern | 31 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 30 | Michigan State | 27 | 0 - LOWEST | |||
| 31 | Ohio | 23 | 0 | |||
| 32 | Nebraska | 18 | ||||
| 33 | Texas Tech | 11 | 0 | |||
| 34 | Duke | 10 | 0 | |||
| 35 | Wisconsin | 8 | 0 | |||
| 36 | W. Kentucky | 7 | 0 | |||
| 37 | North Carolina State | 6 | 0 | |||
| 37 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 6 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 39 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 0 | |||
| 40 | San Jose State | 4 | ||||
| 41 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 42 | Toledo | 2 | 0 | |||
| 42 | Nevada | 2 | 0 |
| 1. | Louisville |
| 2. | Michigan |
| 3. | Duke |
| 4. | Kansas |
| 4. | Indiana |
| 6. | Ohio State |
| 7. | Syracuse |
| 8. | Gonzaga |
| 9. | Miami (FL) |
| 10. | Florida |
| 11. | Michigan State |
| 12. | Wichita State |
| 13. | Georgetown |
| 13. | Marquette |
| 14. | Arizona |
| 15. | New Mexico |
| 16. | Creighton |
| 17. | Memphis |
| 17. | Oregon |
| 19. | Wisconsin |
| 20. | Kansas State |
| 21. | Va. Commonwealth |
| 22. | Pittsburgh |
| 23. | North Carolina |
| 24. | Butler |
| 25. | Oklahoma State |