AP Top 25
| No. | School | Record | Points | Prev | |
| 1 | Alabama (63) | 11-0 | 1622 | 1 | |
| 2 | Florida (2) | 10-1 | 1512 | 3 | |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 10-1 | 1486 | 5 | |
| 4 | Texas | 10-1 | 1482 | 4 | |
| 5 | Southern California | 9-1 | 1352 | 6 | |
| 6 | Penn State | 11-1 | 1238 | 7 | |
| 7 | Texas Tech | 10-1 | 1212 | 2 | |
| 8 | Utah | 12-0 | 1206 | 8 | |
| 9 | Boise State | 11-0 | 1064 | 9 | |
| 10 | Ohio State | 10-2 | 1043 | 10 | |
| 11 | Oklahoma State | 9-2 | 997 | 11 | |
| 12 | Missouri | 9-2 | 917 | 12 | |
| 13 | Georgia | 9-2 | 874 | 13 | |
| 14 | TCU | 10-2 | 750 | 15 | |
| 15 | Ball State | 12-0 | 731 | 14 | |
| 16 | Cincinnati | 9-2 | 640 | 19 | |
| 17 | Oregon State | 8-3 | 604 | 21 | |
| 18 | Georgia Tech | 8-3 | 339 | 28 | |
| 19 | Oregon | 8-3 | 320 | 24 | |
| 20 | Boston College | 8-3 | 309 | 26 | |
| 20 | Brigham Young | 10-2 | 309 | 16 | |
| 22 | Michigan State | 9-3 | 274 | 17 | |
| 23 | Florida State | 8-3 | 214 | 31 | |
| 24 | Northwestern | 9-3 | 145 | 27 | |
| 25 | Mississippi | 7-4 | 127 | 35 | |
| Others Receiving Votes: West Virginia(7-3) 120; Pittsburgh(7-3) 108; Iowa(8-4) 54; LSU(7-4) 35; California(7-4) 11; Western Michigan(9-3) 8; Tulsa(9-2) 8; Central Michigan(8-3) 5; South Carolina(7-4) 5; Connecticut(7-4) 2; Nebraska(7-4) 1; Rice(8-3) 1 | |||||
| Updated: (11/26/2008) at 02:01 EST | |||||
