1. Oregon

2. Ohio State (has looked consistently better than Georgia)

3. Georgia 

4. Miami (undefeated but horrible schedule and saved by replay twice)

5. Tennessee (better wins than Texas and Penn State)

6. Penn State (looked better against Ohio State than Texas looked against Georgia)

7. Texas (no marquee wins, dominated by Georgia)

8. BYU (SMU win looks good)

9. Indiana (8-0 but only two wins vs. teams with a winning record) 

10. Notre Dame

11. Alabama (good wins matter more than bad losses in the SEC)

12. Boise State (only loss Oregon by a last second FG)