Auburn finished second, followed by Michigan State — which impressively finished the season with wins over Ohio State in the Big Ten title game and Stanford in the Rose Bowl — South Carolina and Missouri.


The Associated Press

Record, Points, Previous

1. Florida State (60) 14-0, 1,500, 1 	2. Auburn 12-2, 1,428, 2 	3. Michigan State 13-1, 1,385, 4 	4. South Carolina 11-2, 1,247, 8 	5. Missouri 12-2, 1,236, 9 	6. Oklahoma 11-2, 1,205, 11 	7. Alabama 11-2, 1,114, 3 	8. Clemson 11-2, 1,078, 12 	9. Oregon 11-2, 974, 10 	10. UCF 12-1, 959, 15 	11. Stanford 11-3, 936, 5 	12. Ohio State 12-2, 816, 7 	13. Baylor 11-2, 778, 6 	14. LSU 10-3, 717, 14 	15. Louisville 12-1, 693, 18 	16. UCLA 10-3, 632, 17 	17. Oklahoma State 10-3, 598, 13 	18. Texas A&M 9-4, 459, 20 	19. Southern Cal 10-4, 299, NR 	20. Notre Dame 9-4, 256, 25 	21. Arizona State 10-4, 255, 16 	22. Wisconsin 9-4, 245, 19 	23. Duke 10-4, 190, 22 	24. Vanderbilt 9-4, 117, NR 	25. Washington 9-4, 109, NR

Others receiving votes: Nebraska 107, Fresno St. 57, N. Illinois 22, N. Dakota St. 17, Texas Tech 14, Georgia 13, Iowa 13, Mississippi 10, Kansas St. 8, Arizona 5, Navy 3, East Carolina 2, Utah St. 2, Mississippi St. 1.

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Florida State collected all 59 first-place votes in topping the final USA Today top 25 poll. The SEC had four teams in the top 10, including No. 2 Auburn, South Carolina (4), Missouri (5) and Alabama (8).


USA Today

Record, Points, Previous 1. Florida State (59), 14-0, 1475, 1 2. Auburn 12-2, 1388, 2 3. Michigan State 13-1, 1375, 4 4. South Carolina 11-2, 1219, 8 5. Missouri 12-2, 1200, 9 6. Oklahoma 11-2, 1189, 10 7. Clemson 11-2, 1091, 11 8. Alabama 11-2, 1086, 3 9. Oregon 11-2, 975, 12 10. Stanford 11-3, 872, 7 10. Ohio State 12-2, 872, 6 12. UCF 12-1, 865, 15 13. Baylor 11-2, 796, 5 14. LSU 10-3, 719, 14 15. Louisville 12-1, 703, 16 16. UCLA 10-3, 597, 18 17. Oklahoma State 10-3, 587, 13 18. Texas A&M 9-4, 443, 21 19. USC 10-4, 313, NR 20. Arizona State 10-4, 302, 17 21. Wisconsin 9-4, 266, 19 22. Duke 10-4, 202, 21 23. Vanderbilt 9-4, 180, NR 24. Notre Dame 9-4, 125, NR 25. Nebraska 9-4, 123, NR

Others receiving votes: Washington 67, Fresno State 54, Northern Illinois 21, Marshall 17, Texas Tech 13, Kansas State 11, Mississippi 7, Texas 4, Miami (Fla.) 4,  East Carolina 3,  Cincinnati 3,  Arizona 2, North Texas 2, Utah State 2, Navy 1, Louisiana-Lafayette 1.