The following shows Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan’s final college football ballot of the season for the Associated Press poll.
- Alabama
- Boise State
- Florida
- Texas
- TCU
- Ohio State
- Iowa
- Cincinnati
- Penn State
- Virginia Tech
- Georgia Tech
- Oregon
- Nebraska
- LSU
- Brigham Young
- Pittsburgh
- Wisconsin
- Utah
- USC
- Texas Tech
- Clemson
- Miami
- Oklahoma
- Mississippi
- Oklahoma State