Week 12 Amway Coaches Poll
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1st Place Votes | Prev | CHANGE | Hi/Low |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 9-0 | 1528 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1/NR |
| 2 | Florida State | 9-0 | 1496 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1/2 |
| 3 | Alabama | 8-1 | 1389 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1/7 |
| 4 | Oregon | 9-1 | 1382 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3/11 |
| 5 | TCU | 8-1 | 1297 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7/NR |
| 6 | Baylor | 8-1 | 1223 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3/13 |
| 7 | Ohio State | 8-1 | 1148 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6/20 |
| 8 | Arizona State | 8-1 | 1146 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 12/24 |
| 9 | Auburn | 7-2 | 962 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 2/8 |
| 10 | Ole Miss | 8-2 | 944 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3/19 |
| 11 | Nebraska | 8-1 | 925 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 14/22 |
| 12 | Michigan State | 7-2 | 865 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 5/13 |
| 13 | Kansas State | 7-2 | 738 | 0 | 9 | -4 | 9/25 |
| 14 | Georgia | 7-2 | 693 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 6/17 |
| 15 | UCLA | 8-2 | 662 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 7/NR |
| 16 | Notre Dame | 7-2 | 654 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 5/17 |
| 17 | Clemson | 7-2 | 500 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 16/NR |
| 18 | Arizona | 7-2 | 487 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 13/NR |
| 19 | Duke | 8-1 | 466 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 20/NR |
| 20 | LSU | 7-3 | 371 | 0 | 15 | -5 | 8/NR |
| 21 | Marshall | 9-0 | 285 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 22/NR |
| 22 | Wisconsin | 7-2 | 265 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 14/NR |
| 23 | Georgia Tech | 8-2 | 142 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 23/NR |
| 24 | Oklahoma | 6-3 | 135 | 0 | 16 | -8 | 3/20 |
| 25 | Colorado State | 9-1 | 118 | 0 | 27 | 2 | – |
