The Cards remain just outside the coaches' poll, which also hilariously has Ohio State one spot ahead of Virginia Tech.
| AP Top 25 | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Florida State (38) | 2-0 | 1463 |
| 2 | Oregon (16) | 2-0 | 1415 |
| 3 | Alabama (1) | 2-0 | 1334 |
| 4 | Oklahoma (2) | 2-0 | 1303 |
| 5 | Auburn | 2-0 | 1236 |
| 6 | Georgia (1) | 1-0 | 1201 |
| 7 | Texas A&M (2) | 2-0 | 1101 |
| 8 | Baylor | 2-0 | 1043 |
| 9 | USC | 2-0 | 1039 |
| 10 | LSU | 2-0 | 1029 |
| 11 | Notre Dame | 2-0 | 815 |
| 12 | UCLA | 2-0 | 779 |
| 13 | Michigan State | 1-1 | 751 |
| 14 | Ole Miss | 2-0 | 703 |
| 15 | Stanford | 1-1 | 592 |
| 16 | Arizona State | 2-0 | 570 |
| 17 | Virginia Tech | 2-0 | 532 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 1-1 | 391 |
| 19 | Kansas State | 2-0 | 285 |
| 20 | Missouri | 2-0 | 237 |
| 21 | Louisville | 2-0 | 234 |
| 22 | Ohio State | 1-1 | 222 |
| 23 | Clemson | 1-1 | 206 |
| 24 | South Carolina | 1-1 | 199 |
| 25 | BYU | 2-0 | 179 |
- Dropped from rankings: Nebraska 19, North Carolina 21
- Others receiving votes: Nebraska 153, North Carolina 118, Oklahoma State 92, Florida 70, Duke 43, Penn State 35, TCU 31, Mississippi State 29, Marshall 18, Tennessee 14, Iowa 10, West Virginia 6, Cincinnati 6, Washington 4, North Dakota State 3, Texas Tech 3, Pittsburgh 3, Utah 2, Arizona 1
| USA Today Poll | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Florida State (51) | 2-0 | 1529 |
| 2 | Alabama (1) | 2-0 | 1435 |
| 3 | Oklahoma (3) | 2-0 | 1408 |
| 4 | Oregon (6) | 2-0 | 1407 |
| 5 | Auburn | 2-0 | 1312 |
| 6 | Georgia (1) | 1-0 | 1209 |
| 7 | Baylor | 2-0 | 1135 |
| 8 | Texas A&M | 2-0 | 1090 |
| 9 | LSU | 2-0 | 1034 |
| 10 | USC | 2-0 | 999 |
| 11 | Notre Dame | 2-0 | 858 |
| 12 | UCLA | 2-0 | 812 |
| 13 | Michigan State | 1-1 | 716 |
| 14 | Arizona State | 2-0 | 646 |
| 15 | Ole Miss | 2-0 | 609 |
| 16 | Stanford | 1-1 | 585 |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 1-1 | 409 |
| 18 | Ohio State | 1-1 | 402 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | 2-0 | 349 |
| 20 | Kansas State | 2-0 | 333 |
| 21 | Nebraska | 2-0 | 310 |
| 22 | Missouri | 2-0 | 281 |
| 23 | South Carolina | 1-1 | 232 |
| 24 | Clemson | 1-1 | 212 |
| 25 | North Carolina | 2-0 | 129 |
- Others receiving votes: Louisville 128, BYU 124, Florida 107, Mississippi State 84, Oklahoma State 81, Duke 55, Washington 22, TCU 19, Minnesota 17, Marshall 14, Iowa 9, Cincinnati 8, Arizona 7, West Virginia 6, Oregon State 6, Pittsburgh 5, Northern Illinois 5, Memphis 4, Rutgers 4, Michigan 2, Boise State 1, Texas Tech 1
