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Voters in the AP and Coaches Polls didn't hold Nebraska's 35-14 victory over Purdue against the Huskers, as Nebraska rose from 16th and 17th last week in both polls to 14th in the coaches poll and 15th in the AP poll. The difference continues that the writers prefer 7-2 LSU (off this past week) over the 8-1 Huskers.
| AP | Coaches | Massey | |
| 1 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State | Auburn |
| 2 | Florida State | Florida State | Alabama |
| 3 | Auburn | Auburn | Mississippi State |
| 4 | Alabama | Alabama | Florida State |
| 5 | Oregon | Oregon | Ole Miss |
| 6 | TCU | Michigan State | Oregon |
| 7 | Michigan State | TCU | Kansas State |
| 8 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | LSU |
| 9 | Kansas State | Kansas State | TCU |
| 10 | Baylor | Baylor | Oklahoma |
| 11 | Arizona State | Ohio State | Michigan State |
| 12 | Ole Miss | Arizona State | Baylor |
| 13 | Ohio State | Ole Miss | Arizona State |
| 14 | LSU | Nebraska | Georgia |
| 15 | Nebraska | LSU | UCLA |
| 16 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Notre Dame |
| 17 | Georgia | Georgia | Nebraska |
| 18 | UCLA | UCLA | Clemson |
| 19 | Clemson | Clemson | Ohio State |
| 20 | Utah | Duke | West Virginia |
| 21 | Arizona | Arizona | Missouri |
| 22 | Duke | Utah | USC |
| 23 | Marshall | Marshall | Texas A&M |
| 24 | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Arizona |
| 25 | Wisconsin | West Virginia | Florida |