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The Toledo Rockets are finally ranked in the polls. Just missing out in the Coaches polls, Toledo is the No. 24 team after continuing their success on the road against Ball State. The S&P polls is data-driven whereas the AP and Coaches polls are subjective (See: Ohio State below). Anyways, the Rockets are the No. 15 team by their rankings.
The Rockets received 87 points in the AP voting, 22 more than No. 25 Boise State and 146 less than No. 23 California.
| AP | Coaches | S&P | |
| 1 | Ohio State (38) | Ohio State (50) | Alabama |
| 2 | TCU (5) | TCU (4) | Oklahoma |
| 3 | Baylor (10) | Michigan State (1) | Michigan |
| 4 | Michigan State | Baylor (5) | Clemson |
| 5 | Utah (7) | LSU (1) | Florida |
| 6 | Clemson | Clemson | USC |
| 7 | LSU | Utah (1) | West Virginia |
| 8 | Alabama | Florida State | Florida State |
| 9 | Texas A&M (1) | Oklahoma | LSU |
| 10 | Oklahoma | Alabama | Stanford |
| 11 | Florida | Texas A&M | Duke |
| 12 | Florida State | Florida | Notre Dame |
| 13 | Northwestern | Ole Miss | Louisville |
| 14 | Ole Miss | Northwestern | Ole Miss |
| 15 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | Toledo |
| 16 | Stanford | Georgia | Wisconsin |
| 17 | USC | USC | Arkansas |
| 18 | Michigan | Stanford | Boston College |
| 19 | Georgia | Oklahoma State | Utah |
| 20 | UCLA | UCLA | Penn State |
| 21 | Oklahoma State | Michigan | Navy |
| 22 | Iowa | California | Texas A&M |
| 23 | California | Iowa | Iowa |
| 24 | Toledo | Boise State | Minnesota |
| 25 | Boise State | Memphis | Ohio State |
Other receiving votes: Oregon 39, Duke 31, Houston 31, Temple 23, Memphis 19, Navy 19, Arizona St. 15, Mississippi St. 11, West Virginia 8, Texas Tech 4, BYU 3, Kansas St. 1, Missouri 1