USC’s fifth, Oklahoma grabs the valued No. 2 spot and Oregon State goes tumbling out of the top 25. Mighty Penn State, the likely bowl opponent, is No. 8.

1. Alabama (12-0) .9713 1 1 2815 .9965 1 1521 .9974 3 92 .920
2. Oklahoma (11-1) .9351 3 4 2569 .9094 2 1397 .9161 1 98 .980
3. Texas (11-1) .9223 2 3 2575 .9115 3 1396 .9154 2 94 .940
4. Florida (11-1) .8851 4 2 2619 .9271 4 1385 .9082 6 82 .820
5. USC (10-1) .8076 5 5 2378 .8418 5 1298 .8511 8 73 .730
6. Utah (12-0) .7844 6 7 2111 .7473 7 1153 .7561 5 85 .850
7. Texas Tech (11-1) .7805 7 8 2090 .7398 8 1116 .7318 4 87 .870
8. Penn State (11-1) .7373 8 6 2177 .7706 6 1176 .7711 9 67 .670
9. Boise State (12-0) .7034 9 9 1937 .6857 9 1044 .6846 7 74 .740
10. Ohio State (10-2) .6340 10 10 1856 .6570 10 999 .6551 11 59 .590
11. Texas Christian (10-2) .5633 14 12 1502 .5317 11 836 .5482 10 61 .610
12. Ball State (12-0) .5306 15 11 1526 .5402 13 765 .5016 12 55 .550
13. Cincinnati (10-2) .4831 16 13 1425 .5044 12 770 .5049 15 44 .440
14. Oklahoma State (9-3) .4276 12 14 1217 .4308 15 613 .4020 T-13 45 .450
15. Georgia Tech (9-3) .4046 22 16 1065 .3770 16 590 .3869 T-13 45 .450
16. Georgia (9-3) .3311 11 20 833 .2949 19 440 .2885 16 41 .410
17. Boston College (9-3) .3202 21 19 834 .2952 20 435 .2852 17 38 .380
18. Brigham Young (10-2) .3142 18 17 990 .3504 18 461 .3023 18 29 .290
19. Oregon (9-3) .3041 23 15 1076 .3809 14 658 .4315 23 10 .100
20. Missouri (9-3) .2818 13 18 896 .3172 17 470 .3082 20 22 .220
21. Michigan State (9-3) .2550 19 21 688 .2435 21 414 .2715 19 25 .250
22. Northwestern (9-3) .1216 24 22 414 .1465 22 333 .2184 NR 0 .000
23. Pittsburgh (8-3) .1012 25 23 346 .1225 23 154 .1010 T-24 8 .080
24. Florida State (8-4) .0768 20 29 30 .0106 29 15 .0098 21 21 .210
25. Virginia Tech (8-4) .0573 NR 27 71 .0251 26 41 .0269 22 12 .120