| Pollster report: USA Today Coaches' Poll |   |
| Rank | Team | Points | # 1 | Agree | Higher | Lower |
| 1 | Alabama | 1475 | 59 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 2 | Oregon | 1414 | 0 - HIGHEST | |||
| 3 | Kansas State | 1307 | ||||
| 4 | Florida | 1297 | 0 | |||
| 5 | Notre Dame | 1251 | 0 - LOWEST | |||
| 6 | LSU | 1179 | 0 - HIGHEST | |||
| 7 | Oklahoma | 1021 | ||||
| 8 | South Carolina | 1012 | 0 | |||
| 9 | USC | 995 | 0 | |||
| 10 | Florida State | 919 | 0 | |||
| 11 | Oregon State | 839 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | ||
| 12 | Georgia | 806 | ||||
| 13 | Clemson | 741 | 0 - HIGHEST | |||
| 14 | Louisville | 695 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 15 | West Virginia | 677 | ||||
| 16 | Mississippi State | 671 | 0 | |||
| 17 | Rutgers | 495 | ||||
| 18 | Cincinnati | 456 | ||||
| 19 | Texas A&M | 397 | ||||
| 20 | Texas Tech | 274 | 0 | |||
| 21 | TCU | 272 | 0 | |||
| 22 | Boise State | 271 | ||||
| 23 | Stanford | 215 | 0 | 0 - LOWEST | ||
| 24 | Arizona State | 133 | 0 - HIGHEST | |||
| 25 | Michigan | 96 | 0 | |||
| 26 | Northwestern | 77 | 0 | |||
| 27 | Ohio | 54 | ||||
| 27 | Texas | 54 | ||||
| 29 | Louisiana Tech | 24 | ||||
| 30 | Wisconsin | 16 | ||||
| 31 | Nebraska | 10 | ||||
| 32 | Nevada | 7 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 33 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 33 | W. Kentucky | 6 | 0 | |||
| 35 | Iowa State | 5 | 0 | |||
| 36 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 0 | 0 - HIGHEST | ||
| 36 | Toledo | 2 | 0 | |||
| 36 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 0 | |||
| 39 | UCLA | 1 | 0 | |||
| 39 | Tulsa | 1 | 0 |
| Red | = Extreme rankings (highest or lowest) |
| Yellow | = Near Extreme rankings (rankings that approach extreme values) |
| 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 |
