[Austiger]

Coaches Poll:

1. Ohio State (56) 9-0 1,495 1
2. Boston College (3) 8-0 1,414 2
3. LSU 7-1 1,324 3
4. Oregon (1)
7-1 1,280 5
5. Oklahoma 7-1 1,269 4
6. Arizona State 8-0 1,221 7
7. West Virginia 7-1 1,177 6
8. Kansas 8-0 1,108 10
9. Missouri
7-1 983 13
10. Georgia 6-2 791 19
11. Hawaii 8-0 769 14
12. Texas 7-2 753 16
13. Virginia Tech 6-2 736 9
14. Michigan 7-2 701 21
15. Southern California 6-2 679 8
16. Auburn 6-3 454 23
17. Florida 5-3 451 11
18. Alabama
6-2 439 24
19. Wisconsin
7-2 422 25
20. Connecticut
7-1 419 NR
21. South Florida 6-2 291 12
22. Boise State 7-1 218 NR
23. Kentucky
6-3 159 15
24. Clemson 6-2 145 NR
25. South Carolina 6-3 131 17

Dropped out
No. 18 Virginia (7-2, lost to N.C. State 29-24)); No. 20 California (5-3, lost to then-No. 7 Arizona State 31-20); No. 22 Penn State (6-3, lost to No. 1 Ohio State 37-17)

Others receiving votes

Virginia (7-2) 119; California (5-3) 118; Wake Forest (6-2) 115; Purdue (7-2) 107; Tennessee (5-3) 64; Penn State (6-3) 53; Illinois (6-3) 21; Kansas State (5-3) 20; Brigham Young (5-2) 13; Oklahoma State (5-3) 11; Cincinnati (6-2) 8; Texas Tech (6-3) 8; Houston (5-3) 4; Vanderbilt (5-3) 4; Colorado (5-4) 2; Florida State (5-3) 2; Oregon State (5-3) 2