The Top Twenty Five teams in The Associated Press final college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final records, points based on 25 points for a first place vote through one point for a 25th place vote and previous ranking:

                            Record  Pts  Pvs  
  1. Florida St. (70)       12-0  1,750   1  
  2. Virginia Tech          11-1  1,647   2  
  3. Nebraska               12-1  1,634   3  
  4. Wisconsin              10-2  1,519   4  
  5. Michigan               10-2  1,406   8  
  6. Kansas St.             11-1  1,402   7  
  7. Michigan St.           10-2  1,357   9  
  8. Alabama                10-3  1,236   5  
  9. Tennessee               9-3  1,168   6  
 10. Marshall               13-0  1,136  11  
 11. Penn St.               10-3  1,038  13  
 12. Florida                 9-4    941  10  
 13. Mississippi St.        10-2    923  15  
 14. Southern Miss.          9-3    788  16  
 15. Miami                   9-4    678  23  
 16. Georgia                 8-4    640  21  
 17. Arkansas                8-4    575  24  
 18. Minnesota               8-4    452  12  
 19. Oregon                  9-3    358   –  
 20. Georgia Tech            8-4    345  17  
 21. Texas                   9-5    340  14  
 22. Mississippi             8-4    281   –  
 23. Texas A&M               8-4    272  18  
 24. Illinois                8-4    201   –  
 25. Purdue                  7-5    198  19  

Others Receiving Votes: Stanford 168, East Carolina 97, Colorado 75, TCU 45, Syracuse 21, Utah 20, Hawaii 19, Washington 7, Wake Forest 5, Boise St. 3, Oklahoma 3, Colorado St. 2.