The final Amway coaches poll of the regular season has been released. Clemson is ranked No. 3 in the latest rankings. Virginia Tech is up to No. 18 in this week’s poll.
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1ST PLACE VOTES | PREV | CHANGE | HI/LOW |
| 1 | Alabama | 12-0 | 1600 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 |
| 2 | Ohio State | 11-1 | 1520 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2/8 |
| 3 | Clemson | 11-1 | 1475 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2/5 |
| 4 | Washington | 11-1 | 1388 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4/18 |
| 5 | Wisconsin | 10-2 | 1298 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6/NR |
| 6 | Michigan | 10-2 | 1265 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 2/8 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | 9-2 | 1223 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3/NR |
| 8 | Penn State | 10-2 | 1156 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8/NR |
| 9 | Colorado | 10-2 | 1116 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9/NR |
| 10 | Oklahoma State | 9-2 | 1018 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10/NR |
| 11 | Southern California | 9-3 | 965 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 12/NR |
| 12 | Florida State | 9-3 | 902 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2/21 |
| 13 | West Virginia | 9-2 | 814 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 9/NR |
| 14 | Western Michigan | 12-0 | 659 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 18/NR |
| 15 | Louisville | 9-3 | 554 | 0 | 11 | -4 | 3/23 |
| 16 | Florida | 8-3 | 515 | 0 | 13 | -3 | 9/25 |
| 17 | Stanford | 9-3 | 474 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 5/NR |
| 18 | Virginia Tech | 9-3 | 467 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 19/NR |
| 19 | Auburn | 8-4 | 442 | 0 | 16 | -3 | 8/NR |
| 20 | Navy | 9-2 | 380 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 22/NR |
| 21 | Louisiana State | 7-4 | 315 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 6/NR |
| 22 | Nebraska | 9-3 | 309 | 0 | 15 | -7 | 6/NR |
| 23 | South Florida | 10-2 | 237 | 0 | 30 | 7 | – |
| 24 | Utah | 8-4 | 159 | 0 | 20 | -4 | 11/NR |
| 25 | Iowa | 8-4 | 114 | 0 | 36 | 11 | 10/NR |