| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points (First-Place Votes) |
| 1 |
Ohio State |
1-0 |
1666 (59) |
| 2 |
Penn State |
1-0 |
1574 (6) |
| 3 |
Georgia |
1-0 |
1518 (1) |
| 4 |
LSU |
1-0 |
1469 (1) |
| 5 |
Oregon |
1-0 |
1381 |
| 6 |
Texas |
0-1 |
1,339 |
| 7 |
Miami (Fla.) |
1-0 |
1304 |
| 8 |
Clemson |
0-1 |
1,067 |
| 9 |
Notre Dame |
0-1 |
1,038 |
| 10 |
Arizona State |
1-0 |
957 |
| 11 |
South Carolina |
1-0 |
915 |
| 12 |
Illinois |
1-0 |
909 |
| 13 |
Michigan |
1-0 |
925 |
| 14 |
Ole Miss |
1-0 |
668 |
| 15 |
Florida |
1-0 |
638 |
| 16 |
SMU |
1-0 |
602 |
| 17 |
Tennessee |
1-0 |
563 |
| 18 |
Iowa State |
2-0 |
518 |
| 19 |
Florida State |
1-0 |
491 |
| 20 |
Alabama |
0-1 |
390 |
| 21 |
Indiana |
1-0 |
369 |
| 22 |
Texas A&M |
1-0 |
363 |
| 23 |
Texas Tech |
1-0 |
253 |
| 24 |
Oklahoma |
1-0 |
251 |
| 25 |
BYU |
1-0 |
163 |
Others Receiving Votes
Utah 117; Louisville 95; Missouri 88; Kansas State 79; Tulane 45; USC 41; Auburn 41; TCU 33; Iowa 23; Navy 17; Georgia Tech 17; Nebraska 13; Memphis 11; South Florida 9; Duke 5; Kansas 4; Washington 3; Vanderbilt 2; FIU 1.
Schools Dropped Out
No. 20 Kansas State; No. 25 Boise State.
List Of Voters
The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2025 season: Tim Albin, Charlotte; Dave Aranda, Baylor; Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jason Candle, Toledo; Ryan Carty, Delaware; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Bob Chesney, James Madison; Curt Cignetti, Indiana; Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Manny Diaz, Duke; Dave Doeren, North Carolina State; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Sonny Dykes, TCU; Jason Eck, New Mexico; Mike Elko, Texas A&M; Luke Fickell, Wisconsin; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Penn State; Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame; Hugh Freeze, Auburn; Willie Fritz, Houston; Alex Golesh, South Florida; Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois; Blake Harrell, East Carolina; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Charles Huff, Southern Mississippi; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; GJ Kinne, Texas State; Zach Kittley, Florida Atlantic; Tre Lamb, Tulsa; Dan Lanning, Oregon; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Mike Locksley, Maryland; Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio); Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Bronco Mendenhall, Utah State; Jeff Monken, Army; Jim Mora, Connecticut; Eric Morris, North Texas; Billy Napier, Florida; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Brian Newberry, Navy; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Jay Norvell, Colorado State; Gerad Parker, Troy; Brent Pry, Virginia Tech; Matt Rhule, Nebraska; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Jay Sawvel, Wyoming, Willie Simmons, Florida International; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Mark Stoops, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Tulane; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio; Scotty Walden, Texas-El Paso.