| 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season | |
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| Duration | February 13, 2016 – June 30, 2016 |
| Number of teams | 301 |
| Preseason No. 1 | Florida (Unanimous) |
| Tournament | |
| Duration | June 3 – 30, 2016 |
| Most conference bids | ACC (10) |
| College World Series | |
| Champions | Coastal Carolina (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Arizona |
| MOP | Andrew Beckwith, Coastal Carolina |
| Seasons | |
The following human polls make up the 2016 NCAA Division I men's baseball rankings. The USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll is voted on by a panel of 31 Division I baseball coaches. The Baseball America poll is voted on by staff members of the Baseball America magazine. These polls, along with the Perfect Game USA poll, rank the top 25 teams nationally. Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association rank the top 30 teams nationally.
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| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
| Preseason Jan 28[1] | Week 3 Mar 7[2] | Week 4 Mar 14[3] | Week 5 Mar 21[4] | Week 6 Mar 28[5] | Week 7 Apr 4[6] | Week 8 Apr 11[7] | Week 9 Apr 18[8] | Week 10 Apr 25[9] | Week 11 May 2[10] | Week 12 May 9[11] | Week 13 May 16[12] | Week 14 May 23[13] | Week 15 May 30[14] | Week 18 July 1[15] | ||
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| 1. | Florida 21 | Florida 30 (12–1) | Florida 30 (17–1) | Florida 30 (21–1) | Texas A&M 18 (21–3) | Florida 28 (27–3) | Miami (FL) 26 (25–4) | Miami (FL) 16 (29–5) | Florida 29 (36–6) | Florida 26 (37-7) | Florida 26 (40–8) | Florida 28 (43-9) | Florida 8 (44-11) | Texas A&M 26 (45–14) | Coastal Carolina 23 (55–18) | 1. |
| 2. | Louisville 2 | Vanderbilt (10–1) | Vanderbilt 1 (15–1) | Texas A&M (18–2) | Miami (FL) 4 (20–4) | Miami (FL) 2 (23–4) | Florida 5 (29–5) | Florida 15 (33–5) | Texas A&M 2 (32–8) | Texas A&M 4 (35-9) | Texas A&M 3 (37–10) | Texas A&M 2 (39-11) | Texas A&M 7 (41-13) | Florida 3 (47–13) | Arizona (49–24) | 2. |
| 3. | Vanderbilt 3 | Texas A&M (11–1) | Texas A&M (15–1) | Oregon State (15–2) | Florida 8 (23–3) | Vanderbilt 1 (23–5) | Texas A&M (25–7) | Texas A&M (29–7) | Miami (FL) (30–8) | Miami (FL) (33-8) | Miami (FL) (35–9) | Miami (FL) (40-9) | Mississippi State 6 (40-14-1) | Miami (FL) 1 (45–11) | TCU (49–18) | 3. |
| 4. | Texas A&M 1 | Oregon State (10–1) | Louisville (13–2) | Vanderbilt (17–3) | Vanderbilt 1 (20–4) | Louisville (22–5) | Vanderbilt (25–7) | Louisville (29–7) | Mississippi State (27–13–1) | Mississippi State (30-14-1) | Mississippi State (33–14–1) | Mississippi State (37-14-1) | Miami (FL) 5 (43-10) | Mississippi State (41–16–1) | Oklahoma State (43–22) | 4. |
| 5. | LSU 1 | Louisville (9–2) | Oregon State (12–2) | Miami (FL) (16–4) | Louisville (19–5) | Texas A&M (22–6) | South Carolina (28–5) | Vanderbilt (28–8) | South Carolina (33–8) | Vanderbilt (34-10) | Louisville (38–10) | Louisville (42-10) | Louisville 4 (46-10) | Louisville (47–12) | Florida (52–16) | 5. |
| 6. | Miami (FL) | Miami (FL) (9–2) | Miami (FL) (13–3) | TCU (16–3) | South Carolina (23–2) | TCU (22–5) | Florida State (22–8) | TCU (27–8) | Florida State (28–11) | Louisville (35-9) | Florida State (32–13) | Ole Miss (39-13) | Vanderbilt (41-15) | LSU (42–18) | Texas Tech (47–20) | 6. |
| 7. | Virginia 3 | North Carolina (9–1) | TCU (12–3) | North Carolina (17–2) | Oregon State (16–5) | South Carolina (24–5) | Louisville (24–7) | LSU (25–11) | Vanderbilt (30–10) | South Carolina (34-9) | Vanderbilt (36–12) | Texas Tech (38-13) | LSU (39-17) | Ole Miss (43–17) | UC Santa Barbara (43–21) | 7. |
| 8. | Oregon State | LSU (9–2) | LSU (12–3) | Louisville (16–4) | Florida State (18–5) | Florida State (19–6) | Mississippi State (23–9–1) | South Carolina (29–8) | Louisville (31–9) | Florida State (29-12) | South Carolina (36–11) | LSU (36-16) | Texas Tech (40-14) | Vanderbilt (43–17) | Miami (FL) (50–15) | 8. |
| 9. | UCLA | TCU (9–2) | North Carolina (12–2) | Ole Miss (19–2) | TCU (18–5) | Oregon State (19–7) | TCU (24–7) | NC State (26–10) | NC State (28–11) | NC State (31-12) | Texas Tech (37–13) | Vanderbilt (37-15) | South Carolina (42-13) | TCU (42–15) | Texas A&M (49–16) | 9. |
| 10. | Oklahoma State | Oregon (8–2) | Ole Miss (15–1) | South Carolina (20–2) | North Carolina (19–4) | Mississippi State (20–8–1) | Oregon State (22–7) | Florida State (23–11) | TCU (28–10) | Ole Miss (33-12) т | TCU (33–12) | South Carolina (38-13) | Ole Miss (40-16) | Clemson (42–18) | Louisville (50–14) | 10. |
| 11. | TCU | NC State (10–2) | Florida State (13–3) | Florida State (15–5) | Ole Miss (20–5) | California (18–6) | Ole Miss (25–70 | Mississippi State (24–12–1) | Oregon State (26–10) | Texas Tech (34-13) т | Ole Miss (36–13) | TCU (34-14) | TCU (38-14) т | Texas Tech (41–16) | Mississippi State (44–18–1) | 11. |
| 12. | California | California (9–3) | South Carolina (15–2) | Virginia (15–6) | Mississippi State (17–7–1) | North Carolina (20–7) | LSU (21–10) | Oregon State (23–9) | Ole Miss (31–10) | TCU (30-12) | NC State (32–14) | Florida State (33-17) | Virginia (36-18) т | Florida State (37–20) | LSU (45–21) | 12. |
| 13. | Louisiana–Lafayette | Ole Miss (10–1) | Arkansas (13–3) | LSU (14–5) | California (14–6) | Florida Atlantic (21–4) | North Carolina (23–9) | Texas Tech (29–9) | LSU (27–13) | Oregon State (28-12) | LSU (31–16) | Virginia (33-18) | Florida State (34-19) | South Carolina (42–15) | Florida State (41–22) | 13. |
| 14. | Florida State | Arkansas (10–2) | California (10–4) | Missouri State (17–2) | LSU (16–7) | LSU (18–9) | NC State (22–9) | UC Santa Barbara (24–7–1) | Texas Tech (31–12) | UC Santa Barbara (29-10-1) | Virginia (31–17) | North Carolina State (32-17) | NC State (34-18) | Virginia (37–20) | South Carolina (46–18) | 14. |
| 15. | Oregon | Florida State (8–3) | Mississippi State (12–3–1) | NC State (16–6) | Arkansas (18–6) | Ole Miss (21–7) | California (19–9) | North Carolina (25–11) | Coastal Carolina (30–11) | LSU (28-16) | Oklahoma State (30–15) | Oklahoma State (32-17) | Clemson (38-18) | Louisiana–Lafayette (41–19) | Clemson (44–20) | 15. |
| 16. | Cal State Fullerton | South Carolina (10–2) | NC State (13–4) | Mississippi State (14–6–1) | Virginia (17–8) | Clemson (21–7) | Missouri State (25–60 | Ole Miss (26–10) | Louisiana–Lafayette (27–13) | Virginia (30-17) | Florida Atlantic (33–13) | Tulane (35-15) | Oklahoma State (35-18) | Coastal Carolina (44–15) | East Carolina (38–23–1) | 16. |
| 17. | Mississippi State | Georgia Tech (11–0) | Virginia (11–5) | Clemson (16–3) | Florida Atlantic (18–4) | Missouri State (22–5) | Florida Atlantic (23–6) | Florida Atlantic (25–8) | Florida Atlantic (28–10) | Florida Atlantic (30-12) | Oregon State (29–15) | Florida Atlantic (34-15) | Louisiana–Lafayette (37-19) т | NC State (35–20) | Vanderbilt (43–19) | 17. |
| 18. | Houston | Virginia (7–4) | Oregon (8–5) | Arkansas (15–6) | Georgia Tech (18–5) | NC State (19–9) | Clemson (23–9) | California (21–11) | Virginia (26–17) | North Carolina (28-15) | UC Santa Barbara (31–12–1) | Clemson (34-18) | Florida Atlantic (37-15) т | Southern Miss (40–18) | Ole Miss (43–19) | 18. |
| 19. | NC State | UCLA (6–5) | Missouri State (12–2) | FAU (15–3) | UC Santa Barbara (18–4) | BYU (23–3) | UC Santa Barbara (21–7–1) | Missouri State (27–8) | UC Santa Barbara (25–10–1) | Oklahoma State (28-15) | Michigan (34–12) | Southern Miss (36-15) | Coastal Carolina (40-15) | Florida Atlantic (38–17) | Louisiana–Lafayette (43–21) | 19. |
| 20. | North Carolina | East Carolina (8–3) | Florida Atlantic (13–2) | California (11–6) | Oklahoma State (17–7) | UC Santa Barbara (20–6) | Georgia Tech (23–8) | Rice (24–11) | North Carolina (26–15) | Georgia Tech (30-14) | Arizona (31–16) | North Carolina (32-19) | Tulane (37-17) | Oklahoma State (36–20) | NC State (38–22) | 20. |
| 21. | Southern California | Missouri State (9–1) | Clemson (11–3) | Georgia Tech (15–4) | Missouri State (19–4) | Arkansas (19–9) | Texas Tech (24–9) | BYU (27–7) | Michigan (28–10) | Louisiana-Lafayette (29-16) | Rice (31–14) | Coastal Carolina т (36-15) | UC Santa Barbara (35-16-1) | Tulane (39–19) | Boston College (35–22) | 21. |
| 22. | Arkansas | Florida Atlantic (9–1) | Georgia Tech (12–3) | UC Santa Barbara (15–3) | Clemson (17–6) | Virginia (18–11) | BYU (25–5) | Virginia (23–18) | Oklahoma State (25–14) | Michigan (29-12) | North Carolina (30–17) | Rice т (32-16) | North Carolina (34-21) | Bryant (47–10) | Virginia (38–22) | 22. |
| 23. | South Carolina | Mississippi State (8–3–1) | Michigan State (13–1) | UCLA (11–7) | NC State (16–8) | Michigan (20–5) | Kentucky (22–9) | Clemson (24–12) | Missouri State (28–10) | Creighton (30-9) | Coastal Carolina (34–14) | Louisiana–Lafayette (33-19) | Bryant (44-10) | UC Santa Barbara (37–18–1) | Southern Miss (41–20) | 23. |
| 24. | Rice | Louisiana–Lafayette (8–4) | Michigan (11–3) | BYU (18–2) | BYU (20–3) | Georgia Tech (20–7) | South Alabama (25–8) | Louisiana–Lafayette (24–12) | East Carolina (26–14) | Coastal Carolina (31-14) | Clemson (31–16) | Minnesota (33-15) | Southern Miss (36-18) | Cal State Fullerton (35–21) | Tulane (41–21) | 24. |
| 25. | Missouri State | Alabama (10–2) | Arizona State (13–3) | Oklahoma State (13–7) | Houston (16–7) | Oklahoma State (19–9) | Virginia (20–14) | Michigan (25–9) | Georgia Tech (27–13) | Minnesota (27-13) | Georgia Tech (31–15) | Georgia Tech (33-18) | Cal State Fullerton (33-19) | Ohio State (43–18–1) | Dallas Baptist (44–19) | 25. |
| Preseason Jan 28[1] | Week 3 Mar 7[2] | Week 4 Mar 14[3] | Week 5 Mar 21[4] | Week 6 Mar 28[5] | Week 7 Apr 4[6] | Week 8 Apr 11[7] | Week 9 Apr 18[8] | Week 10 Apr 25[9] | Week 11 May 2[10] | Week 12 May 9[11] | Week 13 May 16[12] | Week 14 May 23[13] | Week 15 May 30[14] | Week 18 July 1[15] | ||
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| Preseason Jan 25[16] | Week 1 Feb 22[17] | Week 2 Feb 29[18] | Week 3 Mar 7[19] | Week 4 Mar 14[20] | Week 5 Mar 21[21] | Week 6 Mar 28[22] | Week 7 Apr 4[23] | Week 8 Apr 11[24] | Week 9 Apr 18[25] | Week 10 Apr 25[26] | Week 11 May 2[27] | Week 12 May 9[28] | Week 13 May 16[29] | Week 14 May 23[30] | Week 15 May 30[31] | Week 18 July 1[32] | ||
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| 1. | Florida | Florida (3–0) | Florida (7–1) | Florida (12–1) | Florida (17–1) | Florida (21–1) | Texas A&M (21–3) | Florida (27–3) | Miami (FL) (25–4) | Miami (FL) (29–5) | Florida (36–6) | Florida (37–7) | Florida (40–8) | Florida (43–9) | Texas A&M (41–13) | Texas A&M (45–14) | Coastal Carolina (55-18) | 1. |
| 2. | Louisville | Louisville (3–0) | Texas A&M (7–1) | Texas A&M (11–1) | Texas A&M (15–1) | Texas A&M (18–2) | Florida (23–3) | Miami (FL) (23–4) | Mississippi State (23–9) | Florida (33–5) | Texas A&M (32–8) | Texas A&M (35–9) | Texas A&M (37–10) | Texas A&M (39–11) | Mississippi State (40–14) | Florida (47–13) | Arizona (49-24) | 2. |
| 3. | Texas A&M | Texas A&M (3–0) | Oregon State (7–1) | Oregon State (10–1) | Oregon State (12–2) | Oregon State (15–2) | Miami (FL) (20–4) | Texas A&M (22–6) | Florida (29–5) | Texas A&M (29–7) | Mississippi State (27–13) | Mississippi State (30–14) | Mississippi State (33–14) | Mississippi State (37–14) | Miami (FL) (43–10) | Miami (FL) (45–11) | TCU (49-18) | 3. |
| 4. | Virginia | Virginia (2–1) | Louisville (5–2) | Louisville (7–0) | Louisville (13–2) | Miami (FL) (16–4) | Louisville (19–5) | Louisville (23–5) | Texas A&M (25–7) | TCU (27–8) | Miami (FL) (30–8) | Miami (Fl) (33–8) | Miami (FL) (35–9) | Miami (Fl) (40–9) | Florida (44–11) | Mississippi State (41–16) | Oklahoma State (43-22) | 4. |
| 5. | Oregon State | Oregon State (2–1) | Vanderbilt (8–0) | Vanderbilt (10–1) | Vanderbilt (15–1) | TCU (16–3) | Mississippi State (17–7–1) | Mississippi State (20–8) | South Carolina (28–5) | LSU (25–11) | Florida State (28–11) | Florida State (29–12) | Texas Tech (37–13) | Texas Tech (38–13) | Texas Tech (40–14) | LSU (42–18) | Florida (52-16) | 5. |
| 6. | Miami (FL) | Miami (FL) (3–0) | Miami (FL) (5–2) | Miami (FL) (9–2) | Miami (FL) (13–3) | North Carolina (17–2) | Vanderbilt (20–4) | Vanderbilt (23–5) | Florida State (22–8) | Louisville (29–7) | South Carolina (33–8) | South Carolina (34–9) | Ole Miss (36–13) | Ole Miss (39–13) | Louisville (46–10) | Ole Miss (43–17) | Miami (FL) (48-14) | 6. |
| 7. | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt (3–0) | LSU (5–2) | LSU (9–2) | LSU (12–3) | Ole Miss (19–2) | South Carolina (23–2) | TCU (22–5) | TCU (24–7) | Mississippi State (24–12) | TCU (28–10) | Ole Miss (33–12) | Florida State (32–13) | Louisville (42–10) | LSU (39–17) | Louisville (47–12) | Texas Tech (47-20) | 7. |
| 8. | California | LSU (3–0) | Virginia (4–3) | TCU (9–2) | TCU (12–3) | Louisville (16–4) | TCU (18–5) | South Carolina (24–5) | Ole Miss (25–7) | Vanderbilt (28–8) | LSU (27–13) | Texas Tech (34–13) | South Carolina (36–11) | LSU (36–16) | Virginia (36–18) | Texas Tech (41-16) | Texas A&M (49-16) | 8. |
| 9. | Oklahoma State | Houston (3–0) | TCU (6–1) | California (9–3) | California (10–4) | Virginia (15–6) | North Carolina (19–4) | California (18–6) | LSU (21–10) | UC Santa Barbara (24–7) | Ole Miss (31–10) | Louisville (35–9) | Louisville (38–10) | Virginia (33–18) | South Carolina (42–13) | Clemson (42–18) | UC Santa Barbara (43-20) | 9. |
| 10. | UCLA | Louisiana–Lafayette (3–0) | California (5–2) | Virginia (7–4) | Virginia (11–5) | Mississippi State (14–6) | California (14–6) | Oregon State (19–7) | Oregon State (22–7) | Texas Tech (29–9) | Louisville (31–9) | Vanderbilt (34–10) | TCU (33–12) | South Carolina (38–13) | Ole Miss (40–16) | TCU (42–15) | Mississippi State (44-18) | 10. |
| 11. | LSU | California (1–2) | Oregon (6–1) | Oregon (8–2) | North Carolina (12–2) | Vanderbilt (17–3) | Oregon State (16–5) | Florida State (19–6) | Louisville (24–7) | Florida State (23–11) | Vanderbilt (30–10) | NC State (31–12) | LSU (31–16) | Tulane (35–15) | Tulane (37–17) | Virginia (37–20) | Louisville (50-14) | 11. |
| 12. | Houston | Oregon (3–0) | North Carolina (5–1) | North Carolina (9–1) | Ole Miss (15–1) | Florida State (15–5) | Florida State (18–5) | UC Santa Barbara (20–6) | Vanderbilt (25–7) | South Carolina (29–8) | NC State (28–11) | TCU (30–12) | Vanderbilt (36–12) | Vanderbilt (37–15) | Vanderbilt (41–15) | Vanderbilt (43–17) | LSU (45-21) | 12. |
| 13. | Louisiana–Lafayette | Oklahoma State (2–2) | Ole Miss (6–1) | Ole Miss (10–1) | Florida State (13–3) | LSU (14–5) | Ole Miss (20–5) | North Carolina (21–7) | UC Santa Barbara (21–7) | Rice (24–11) | Texas Tech (31–12) | LSU (28–16) | NC State (32–14) | Southern Miss (36–15) | Florida Atlantic (37–15) | Florida State (37–20) | Florida State (41-22) | 13. |
| 14. | Oregon | Michigan (4–0) | UCLA (3–4) | UCLA (6–5) | UCLA (8–7) | UCLA (11–7) | Virginia (17–8) | Ole Miss (21–7) | North Carolina (23–9) | NC State (26–10) | Southern Miss (29–12) | Rice (27–14) | Rice (31–14) | Florida State (33–17) | TCU (34–18) | South Carolina (42–15) | South Carolina (46-18) | 14. |
| 15. | Michigan | UCLA (1–2) | Florida State (5–1) | Florida State (8–3) | Mississippi State (12–3) | California (11–6) | Houston (16–7) | LSU (18–9) | Texas Tech (24–9) | Ole Miss (26–10) | Rice (25–12) | UC Santa Barbara (29–10) | Virginia (31–17) | TCU (34–14) | Clemson (38–18) | Coastal Carolina (44–15) | East Carolina (38-23) | 15. |
| 16. | Southern California | Florida State (3–0) | Louisiana–Lafayette (4–3) | Louisiana–Lafayette (8–4) | Louisiana–Lafayette (10–6) | Houston (13–6) | Oklahoma State (17–7) | Oklahoma State (19–9) | Kentucky (22–9) | North Carolina (25–11) | Michigan (28–10) | Virginia (30–17) | Oklahoma State (30–15) | Rice (32–16) | NC State (34–18) | Tulane (39–19) | Boston College (34-22) | 16. |
| 17. | Florida State | TCU (2–1) | Arkansas (8–0) | NC State (10–2) | Arkansas (13–3) | Clemson (16–3) | Long Beach State (16–7) | Michigan (20–5) | California (19–9) | Long Beach State (21–13) | UC Santa Barbara (25–10) | Oregon State (28–12) | Florida Atlantic (33–13) | Florida Atlantic (32–14) | Oklahoma State (35–18) | Florida Atlantic (38–17) | Clemson (44-20) | 17. |
| 18. | TCU | NC State (2–1) | NC State (5–2) | Arkansas (10–2) | Michigan (11–3) | South Carolina (20–2) | UC Santa Barbara (18–4) | Florida Atlantic (21–4) | Long Beach State (19–11) | Michigan (25–9) | Oregon State (26–10) | Oklahoma State (28–15) | Tulane (31–14) | Cal State Fullerton (32–17) | Florida State (34–19) | Southern Miss (40–18) | Ole Miss (43-19) | 18. |
| 19. | NC State | Coastal Carolina (2–1) | Coastal Carolina (4–2) | Michigan (7–3) | Oregon (8–5) | Oklahoma State (13–7) | LSU (16–7) | Kentucky (20–8) | Rice (20–11) | Kentucky (23–12) | Coastal Carolina (30–11) | Florida Atlantic (30–12) | Southern Miss (34–14) | NC State (32–17) | Coastal Carolina (40–15) | Louisiana–Lafayette (41–19) | Tulane (41-21) | 19. |
| 20. | Mississippi State | North Carolina (2–1) | Michigan (5–2) | Georgia Tech (11–0) | Houston (8–6) | Long Beach State (14–6) | Michigan (16–5) | Long Beach State (17–10) | NC State (22–9) | California (21–11) | Tulane (26–13) | Tulane (28–14) | Washington (27–16) | Oklahoma State (32–17) | Southern Miss (36–18) | Bryant (47–10) | Vanderbilt (43-19) | 20. |
| 21. | Oklahoma | Ole Miss (3–0) | Houston (4–3) | Houston (6–5) | NC State (13–4) | NC State (16–6) | Alabama (15–8) | Clemson (21–7) | Florida Atlantic (23–6) | Florida Atlantic (25–8) | East Carolina (26–14) | Southern Miss (31–14) | Arizona (31–16) | Minnesota (33–15) | Bryant (44–10) | Cal State Fullerton (35–21) | Virginia (38-22) | 21. |
| 22. | Cal State Fullerton | Kentucky (2–1) | Oklahoma State (2–5) | Oklahoma State (6–6) | Oklahoma State (9–6) | Alabama (13–6) | Arkansas (18–6) | East Carolina (19–9) | Michigan (21–8) | Oregon State (23–9) | Virginia (26–17) | Minnesota (27–13) | Cal State Fullerton (30–16) | Coastal Carolina (36–15) | Long Beach State (35–18) | NC State (35–20) | Louisiana-Lafayette (43-21) | 22. |
| 23. | Coastal Carolina | Georgia Tech (3–0) | Georgia Tech (7–0) | Alabama (10–2) | College of Charleston (11–4) | Michigan (12–5) | Georgia Tech (18–5) | Texas Tech (20–8) | South Alabama (25–8) | Michigan State (25–7) | Louisiana–Lafayette (27–13) | Washington (25–15) | Clemson (31–16) | Clemson (34–18) | Cal State Fullerton (33–19) | Ohio State (43–18) | Florida Atlantic (39-19) | 23. |
| 24. | Ole Miss | Mississippi State (2–2) | Mississippi State (6–2) | Mississippi State (8–3–1) | Long Beach State (10–5) | UC Santa Barbara (15–3) | Kentucky (17–6) | Houston (17–10) | Tulane (21–10) | Louisiana–Lafayette (24–12) | Minnesota (25–11) | Michigan State (30–11) | UC Santa Barbara (31–12) | Bryant (39–10) | Louisiana–Lafayette (37–19) | Oklahoma State (36–20) | Southern Miss (41-20) | 24. |
| 25. | Kentucky | Oklahoma (2–2) | East Carolina (6–1) | East Carolina (8–3) | Michigan State (13–1) | Arkansas (15–6) | Florida Atlantic (18–4) | Rice (17–10) | Southern Miss (25–8) | Coastal Carolina (27–10) | Oklahoma State (25–14) | Creighton (30–9) | Creighton (32–10) | Long Beach State (31–18) | Rice (32–20) | Dallas Baptist (41–17) | NC State (38-22) | 25. |
| Preseason Jan 25[16] | Week 1 Feb 22[17] | Week 2 Feb 29[18] | Week 3 Mar 7[19] | Week 4 Mar 14[20] | Week 5 Mar 21[21] | Week 6 Mar 28[22] | Week 7 Apr 4[23] | Week 8 Apr 11[24] | Week 9 Apr 18[25] | Week 10 Apr 25[26] | Week 11 May 2[27] | Week 12 May 9[28] | Week 13 May 16[29] | Week 14 May 23[30] | Week 15 May 30[31] | Week 18 July 1[32] | ||
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| Preseason Dec 21[33] | Week 1 Feb 22[34] | Week 2 Feb 29[35] | Week 3 Mar 7[36] | Week 4 Mar 14[37] | Week 5 Mar 21[38] | Week 6 Mar 28[39] | Week 7 Apr 4[40] | Week 8 Apr 11[41] | Week 9 Apr 18[42] | Week 10 Apr 25[43] | Week 11 May 2[44] | Week 12 May 9[45] | Week 13 May 16[46] | Week 14 May 23[47] | Week 15 May 30[48] | Week 16 June 8[49] | Week 17 June 14[50] | Week 18 July 1[51] | ||
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| 1. | Florida | Florida (3–0) | Florida (7–1) | Florida (12–1) | Florida (17–1) | Florida (21–1) | Florida (23–3) | Florida (27–3) | Miami (FL) (25–4) | Miami (FL) (29–5) | Florida (36–6) | Florida (37–7) | Florida (40–8) | Florida (43–9) | Mississippi State (40–14–1) | Texas A&M (45–14) | Texas A&M (48–14) | Florida (52–14) | Coastal Carolina (55–18) | 1. |
| 2. | Louisville | Louisville (3–0) | Vanderbilt (8–0) | Vanderbilt (10–1) | Vanderbilt (15–1) | Oregon State (15–2) | South Carolina (23–2) | Miami (FL) (23–4) | South Carolina (28–5) | Florida (33–5) | South Carolina (33–8) | South Carolina (34–9) | Miami (FL) (35–9) | Miami (FL) (40–9) | Miami (FL) (43–10) | Florida (47–13) | Florida (50–13) | Miami (FL) (50–12) | Arizona (49–24) | 2. |
| 3. | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt (3–0) | Texas A&M (3–0) | Texas A&M (11–1) | Texas A&M (15–1) | North Carolina (17–2) | Texas A&M (21–3) | Vanderbilt (23–5) | Florida (29–5) | Louisville (29–7) | Florida State (28–11) | Miami (FL) (33–8) | South Carolina (36–11) | Texas A&M (39–11) | Louisville (46–10) | Miami (FL) (45–11) | Miami (FL) (48–11) | TCU (47–16) | TCU (49–18) | 3. |
| 4. | Miami (FL) | Miami (FL) (3–0) | Louisville (5–2) | Louisville (9–2) | Louisville (13–2) | Texas A&M (18–2) | Miami (FL) (20–4) | Louisville (22–5) | Florida State (22–8) | South Carolina (29–8) | Miami (FL) (30–8) | Florida State (29–12) | Florida State (32–13) | Louisville (42–10) | South Carolina (42–13) | Mississippi State (41–16–1) | Mississippi State (44–16–1) | Texas Tech (46–18) | Oklahoma State (43–22) | 4. |
| 5. | Texas A&M | Texas A&M (3–0) | Miami (FL) (5–2) | Miami (FL) (9–2) | Miami (FL) (13–3) | Miami (FL) (16–4) | Louisville (19–5) | Florida State (19–6) | Mississippi State (23–9–1) | Texas A&M (29–7) | Texas A&M (32–8) | Texas A&M (35–9) | Texas A&M (37–10) | Mississippi State (37–14–1) | Texas A&M (41–13) | Louisville (47–12) | Louisville (50–12) | Coastal Carolina (49–16) | Texas Tech (47–20) | 5. |
| 6. | Louisiana–Lafayette | Louisiana–Lafayette (3–0) | Oregon State (7–1) | Oregon State (10–1) | Oregon State (12–2) | Ole Miss (19–2) | Vanderbilt (20–4) | South Carolina (34–5) | Louisville (24–7) | Vanderbilt (28–8) | Vanderbilt (30–10) | Vanderbilt (34–10) | Louisville (38–10) | South Carolina (38–13) | Florida (44–11) | South Carolina (42–15) | South Carolina (46–16) | Oklahoma State (41–20) | UC Santa Barbara (43–20–1) | 6. |
| 7. | LSU | LSU (3–0) | Oregon (7–1) | North Carolina (9–1) | North Carolina (12–2) | Louisville (16–4) | Mississippi State (17–7–1) | Texas A&M (22–6) | Vanderbilt (25–7) | Texas Tech (29–9) | Louisville (31–9) | Louisville (35–9) | Mississippi State (33–14–1) | Texas Tech (38–13) | Texas Tech (40–14) | Texas Tech (41–16) | Texas Tech (44–17) | Arizona (44–21) | Florida (52–16) | 7. |
| 8. | Oregon State | Oregon State (2–1) | North Carolina (5–1) | Oregon (8–2) | Ole Miss (15–1) | Vanderbilt (17–3) | Florida State (18–5) | Mississippi State (20–8–1) | Texas A&M (25–7) | TCU (27–8) | Mississippi State (27–13–1) | Mississippi State (30–14–1) | Vanderbilt (36–12) | Florida State (33–17) | Virginia (36–18) | Virginia (37–20) | LSU (45–19) | UC Santa Barbara (42–18–1) | Miami (FL) (50–14) | 8. |
| 9. | Virginia | Virginia (2–1) | TCU (6–1) | Georgia Tech (8–0) | Florida State 13–3) | TCU (16–3) | North Carolina (19–4) | California (18–6) | Kentucky (22–9) | Florida State (23–11) | NC State (28–11) | NC State (31–12) | Texas Tech (37–13) | Virginia (33–18) | LSU (39–17) | LSU (42–18) | Florida State (40–20) | Texas A&M (49–16) | Texas A&M (49–16) | 9. |
| 10. | UCLA | Oregon (3–0) | LSU (5–2) | LSU (9–2) | LSU (12–3) | Missouri State (17–2) | California (14–6) | TCU (22–5) | Texas Tech (24–9) | Mississippi State (24–12–1) | Texas Tech (31–12) | Texas Tech (34–13) | NC State (32–14) | Vanderbilt (37–15) | Vanderbilt (41–15) | Vanderbilt (43–17) | TCU (45–15) | Mississippi State (44–18–1) | Mississippi State (44–18–1) | 10. |
| 11. | Mississippi State | Florida State (3–0) | Florida State (5–1) | TCU (9–2) | TCU (12–3) | Mississippi State (14–6–1) | UC Santa Barbara (18–4) | North Carolina (20–7) | TCU (24–7) | UC Santa Barbara (24–7–1) | TCU (28–10) | Virginia (30–17) | Virginia (31–17) | LSU (36–16) | Florida State (34–19) | Clemson (42–18) | Coastal Carolina (47–16) | Louisville (50–14) | Louisville (50–14) | 11. |
| 12. | Cal State Fullerton | Missouri State (3–0) | Missouri State (5–1) | Missouri State (9–1) | Missouri State (12–2) | Clemson (16–3) | Kentucky (17–6) | UC Santa Barbara (20–6) | California (19–9) | Kentucky (23–12) | Oregon State (26–10) | TCU (30–12) | Oklahoma State (30–15) | Ole Miss (39–13) | Oklahoma State (35–18) | Florida State (37–20) | Oklahoma State (39–20) | South Carolina (46–18) | South Carolina (46–18) | 12. |
| 13. | California | North Carolina (2–1) | Georgia Tech (7–0) | Ole Miss (10–1) | Mississippi State (12–3–1) | South Carolina (20–2) | Oregon State (16–5) | Kentucky (20–8) | UC Santa Barbara (21–7–1) | NC State (26–10) | Coastal Carolina (30–11) | UC Santa Barbara (29–10–1) | TCU (33–12) | Tulane (35–15) | NC State (34–18) | TCU (42–15) | Arizona (42–21) | LSU (45–21) | LSU (45–21) | 13. |
| 14. | Oregon | UCLA (1–2) | Virginia (4–3) | Florida State (8–3) | Virginia (11–5) | Florida State (15–5) | Ole Miss (20–5) | Oregon State (19–7) | Oregon State (22–7) | California (21–11) | Southern Miss (29–12) | Washington (25–15) | Washington (27–16) | Oklahoma State (32–17) | TCU (38–14) | Louisiana–Lafayette (41–19) | UC Santa Barbara (40–18–1) | Florida State (41–22) | Florida State (41–22) | 14. |
| 15. | TCU | TCU (2–1) | Florida Atlantic (7–0) | Virginia (7–4) | Florida Atlantic (13–2) | LSU (14–5) | TCU (18–5) | Ole Miss (21–7) | Ole Miss (25–7) | LSU (25–11) | LSU (27–13) | Oregon State (28–12) | Cal State Fullerton (30–16) | NC State (32–17) | Washington (31–19) | Coastal Carolina (44–15) | East Carolina (37–21–1) | East Carolina (38–23–1) | East Carolina (38–23–1) | 15. |
| 16. | Florida State | Houston (3–0) | Arkansas (8–0) | Florida Atlantic (9–1) | California (10–4) | Virginia (15–6) | Missouri State (19–4) | Missouri State (22–5) | Missouri State (25–6) | Missouri State (27–8) | Virginia (26–17) | Oklahoma State (28–15) | Southern Miss (34–14) | TCU (34–14) | Ole Miss (40–16) | Ole Miss (43–17) | Boston College (34–20) | Boston College (35–22) | Boston College (35–22) | 16. |
| 17. | Missouri State | Georgia Tech (3–0) | Ole Miss (6–1) | Arkansas (10–2) | Arkansas (13–3) | UC Santa Barbara (15–3) | Clemson (17–6) | Clemson (21–7) | NC State (22–9) | Oregon State (23–9) | Arizona (26–14) | Cal State Fullerton (27–15) | Arizona (31–16) | Washington (28–18) | Tulane (37–17) | NC State (35–20) | Virginia (38–22) | Virginia (38–22) | Virginia (38–22) | 17. |
| 18. | Houston | Florida Atlantic (4–0) | South Carolina (8–0) | California (9–3) | Oregon (8–5) | Florida Atlantic (15–3) | Florida Atlantic (18–4) | Florida Atlantic (21–4) | Southern Miss (25–8) | Coastal Carolina (27–10) | Minnesota (25–11) | Southern Miss (31–14) | Rice (31–14) | Southern Miss (36–15) | Louisiana–Lafayette (37–19) | Oklahoma State (36–20) | Clemson (44–20) | Clemson (44–20) | Clemson (44–20) | 18. |
| 19. | Tulane | Michigan (4–0) | UC Santa Barbara (7–1) | NC State (10–2) | Clemson (11–3) | NC State (16–6) | Georgia Tech (18–5) | Texas Tech (20–8) | North Carolina (23–9) | Southern Miss (27–10) | Cal Poly (25–13) | Arizona (28–16) | Tulane (31–14) | Cal State Fullerton (32–17) | Coastal Carolina (40–15) | Dallas Baptist (41–17) | Louisiana–Lafayette (43–21) | Louisiana–Lafayette (43–21) | Louisiana–Lafayette (43–21) | 19. |
| 20. | Rice | Tulane (2–1) | Long Beach State (7–1) | Clemson (8–2) | South Carolina (15–2) | California (11–6) | LSU (16–7) | Michigan (20–5) | LSU (21–10) | Virginia (23–15) | California (22–14) | Minnesota (27–13) | Ole Miss (36–13) | Arizona State (31–17) | Cal State Fullerton (33–19) | Utah (25–27) | NC State (38–22) | NC State (38–22) | NC State (38–22) | 20. |
| 21. | Georgia Tech | Stanford (2–1) | UCLA (3–4) | South Carolina (10–2) | UC Santa Barbara (12–3) | Georgia Tech (15–4) | Virginia (17–8) | NC State (19–9) | South Alabama (25–8) | North Carolina (25–11) | UC Santa Barbara (25–10–1) | Rice (27–14) | LSU (31–16) | Arizona (32–18) | Arizona State (33–19) | Washington (32–21) | Xavier (32–30) | Xavier (32–30) | Xavier (32–30) | 21. |
| 22. | North Carolina | Cal State Fullerton (1–2) | Alabama (6–1) | UC Santa Barbara (9–3) | Boston College (12–3) | Alabama (13–6) | NC State (16–8) | BYU (23–3) | Coastal Carolina (23–10) | Minnesota (21–11) | Kentucky (24–15) | South Alabama (33–12) | Georgia Tech (31–15) | Louisiana–Lafayette (33–19) | Long Beach State (35–18) | Tulane (39–19) | Washington (33–23) | Washington (33–23) | Washington (33–23) | 22. |
| 23. | Michigan | Arizona (2–1) | Mississippi State (6–2) | UCLA (6–5) | NC State (13–4) | BYU (18–2) | Michigan (16–5) | Coastal Carolina (20–9) | Clemson (23–9) | South Alabama (27–10) | South Alabama (30–11) | Georgia Tech (30–14) | South Alabama (36–14) | South Alabama (37–16) | Florida Atlantic (37–15) | Cal State Fullerton (35–21) | Vanderbilt (43–19) | Vanderbilt (43–19) | Vanderbilt (43–19) | 23. |
| 24. | Arkansas | Arkansas (3–0) | New Mexico (6–1) | Alabama (10–2) | Michigan (11–3) | Long Beach State (14–6) | BYU (20–3) | Georgia Tech (20–7) | Florida Atlantic (23–6) | Rice (24–11) | Ole Miss (31–10) | Long Beach State (26–16) | Coastal Carolina (34–14) | Rice (32–16) | Arizona (33–20) | Southern Miss (40–18) | Dallas Baptist (44–19) | Dallas Baptist (44–19) | Dallas Baptist (44–19) | 24. |
| 25. | Oklahoma State | Rice (1–2) | East Carolina (6–1) | Dallas Baptist (8–3) | Georgia Tech (12–3) | UCLA (11–7) | Alabama (15–8) | LSU (18–9) | Lamar (25–7) | Creighton (25–7) | Washington (22–14) | Coastal Carolina (31–14) | Indiana (28–17) | Coastal Carolina (36–15) | South Alabama (38–18) | Arizona State (34–21) | Tulane (41–21) | Tulane (41–21) | Tulane (41–21) | 25. |
| 26. | Stony Brook | California (1–2) | Michigan (5–2) | Mississippi State (8–3–1) | Dallas Baptist (11–4) | Michigan (12–5) | Long Beach State (16–7) | Virginia (18–11) | BYU (25–5) | Florida Atlantic (25–8) | Creighton (27–9) | Ole Miss (33–12) | UC Santa Barbara (31–12–1) | Minnesota (33–15) | Kent State (41–12) | Arizona (38–20) | South Alabama (42–22) | South Alabama (42–22) | South Alabama (42–22) | 26. |
| 27. | Notre Dame | Arizona State (4–0) | Tulane (4–3) | Michigan (7–3) | Arizona State (13–3) | Oregon (9–7) | Tulane (17–7) | Tulane (19–8) | Georgia Tech (23–8) | Washington (19–12) | Arizona State (23–14) | LSU (28–16) | Minnesota (30–15) | Indiana (30–18) | Dallas Baptist (37–17) | Florida Atlantic (38–17) | Southern Mississippi (41–20) | Southern Mississippi (41–20) | Southern Miss (41–20) | 27. |
| 28. | Maryland | Dallas Baptist (3–0) | Stanford (5–3) | East Carolina (8–3) | Tulane (11–5) | Kentucky (14–5) | Creighton (16–4) | South Alabama (21–7) | New Mexico (23–9) | Cal State Fullerton (21–13) | Cal State Fullerton (24–14) | Kentucky (27–17) | Arizona State (28–16) | Kent State (39–11) | Clemson (38–18) | Bryant (47–10) | Cal State Fullerton (36–23) | Cal State Fullerton (36–23) | Cal State Fullerton (36–23) | 28. |
| 29. | Kentucky | Ole Miss (3–0) | Cal State Fullerton (4–2) | Tulane (7–4) | Long Beach State (10–5) | Dallas Baptist (13–6) | Texas Tech (16–7) | Creighton (18–6) | Stanford (17–9) | Notre Dame (21–12) | Rice (25–13) | Creighton (30–9) | Michigan (34–12) | Dallas Baptist (34–16) | Bryant (44–10) | Long Beach State (36–20) | Arizona State (36–23) | Arizona State (36–23) | Arizona State (36–23) | 29. |
| 30. | Pepperdine | Alabama (2–1) | California (5–2) | Long Beach State (7–4) | UCLA (8–7) | Tulane (13–7) | Arizona (16–7) | Utah (10–14) | Creighton (20–7) | BYU (27–7) | Oklahoma State (25–14) | Arizona State (26–15) | Creighton (32–10) | Clemson (34–18) | Nebraska (37–18) | Ohio State (43–18–1) | Rice (38–24) | Rice (38–24) | Rice (38–24) | 30. |
| Preseason Dec 21[33] | Week 1 Feb 22[34] | Week 2 Feb 29[35] | Week 3 Mar 7[36] | Week 4 Mar 14[37] | Week 5 Mar 21[38] | Week 6 Mar 28[39] | Week 7 Apr 4[40] | Week 8 Apr 11[41] | Week 9 Apr 18[42] | Week 10 Apr 25[43] | Week 11 May 2[44] | Week 12 May 9[45] | Week 13 May 16[46] | Week 14 May 23[47] | Week 15 May 30[48] | Week 16 June 8[49] | Week 17 June 14[50] | Week 18 July 1[51] | ||
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The Preseason poll ranked the top 40 teams in the nation. Teams not listed above are: 31. Dallas Baptist; 32. College of Charleston; 33. Coastal Carolina; 34. Missouri; 35. South Carolina; 36. San Diego State; 37. South Alabama; 38. Winthrop; 39 Texas Tech; 40. Texas.
| Preseason Feb 1[52] | Week 1 Feb 22[53] | Week 2 Feb 29[54] | Week 3 Mar 7[55] | Week 4 Mar 14[56] | Week 5 Mar 21[57] | Week 6 Mar 28[58] | Week 7 Apr 4[59] | Week 8 Apr 11[60] | Week 9 Apr 18[61] | Week 10 Apr 25[62] | Week 11 May 2[63] | Week 12 May 9[64] | Week 13 May 16[65] | Week 14 May 23[66] | Week 15 May 30[67] | Week 16 June 8[68] | Week 18 June 30[69] | ||
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| 1. | Florida | Florida (3–0) | Florida (7–1) | Florida (12–1) | Florida (17–1) | Florida (21–1) | Texas A&M (21–3) | Florida (27–3) | Miami (FL) (25–4) | Florida (33–5) | Florida (36–6) | Florida (37–7) | Florida (40–8) | Florida (43–9) | Mississippi State (40–14–1) | Texas A&M (45–14) | Texas A&M (48–14) | Coastal Carolina (53–17) | 1. |
| 2. | Louisville | Louisville (3–0) | Vanderbilt (8–0) | Vanderbilt (10–1) | Vanderbilt (15–1) | Texas A&M (18–2) | Miami (FL) (20–4) | Miami (FL) (23–4) | Florida (29–5) | Miami (FL) (29–5) | Texas A&M (32–8) | Texas A&M (35–9) | Texas A&M (37–10) | Texas A&M (39–11) | Texas A&M (41–13) | Miami (FL) (45–11) | Miami (FL) (48–11) | Arizona (48–22) | 2. |
| 3. | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt (3–0) | Texas A&M (7–1) | Texas A&M (11–1) | Texas A&M (15–1) | Oregon State (15–2) | Florida (23–3) | Vanderbilt (23–5) | Texas A&M (25–7) | Texas A&M (29–7) | Mississippi State (27–13–1) | Mississippi State (30–14–1) | Mississippi State (33–14–1) | Mississippi State (37–14–1) | Miami (FL) (43–10) | Florida (47–13) | Florida (50–13) | TCU (49–18) | 3. |
| 4. | Texas A&M | Texas A&M (3–0) | Oregon State (7–1) | Oregon State (10–1) | Louisville (13–3) | Miami (FL) (16–4) | Vanderbilt (20–4) | Louisville (22–5) | Mississippi State (23–9–1) | Vanderbilt (28–8) | Miami (FL) (30–8) | Miami (FL) (33–8) | Miami (FL) (35–9) | Miami (FL) (40–9) | Louisville (46–10) | Mississippi State (41–16–1) | Mississippi State (44–16–1) | Oklahoma State (43–22) | 4. |
| 5. | Oregon State | Miami (FL) (3–0) | Louisville (5–2) | Louisville (9–2) | Oregon State (12–2) | TCU (16–3) | Louisville (19–5) | Texas A&M (22–6) | Florida State (22–8) | Louisville (29–7) | Florida State (28–11) | Louisville (35–9) | Louisville (38–10) | Louisville (42–10) | Florida (44–11) | LSU (42–18) | Louisville (50–12) | Texas Tech (47–20) | 5. |
| 6. | Miami (FL) | LSU (3–0) | Miami (FL) (5–2) | Miami (FL) (9–2) | Miami (FL) (13–3) | Vanderbilt (17–3) | South Carolina (23–2) | TCU (22–5) | Vanderbilt (25–7) | TCU (27–8) | Louisville (31–9) | Vanderbilt (34–10) | Florida State (32–13) | Ole Miss (39–13) | LSU (39–17) | Louisville (47–12) | LSU (45–19) | Florida (52–16) | 6. |
| 7. | LSU | Oregon State (2–1) | TCU (6–1) | TCU (9–2) | TCU (12–3) | North Carolina (17–2) | Florida State (18–5) | Florida State (19–6) | South Carolina (28–5) | Mississippi State (24–12–1) | Vanderbilt (30–10) | Florida State (29–12) | Vanderbilt (36–12) | Vanderbilt (37–15) | Vanderbilt (41–15) | Ole Miss (43–17) | TCU (45–15) | UC Santa Barbara (43–20–1) | 7. |
| 8. | Virginia | Virginia (2–1) | Oregon (6–1) | Oregon (8–2) | Florida State (13–3) | Louisville (16–4) | TCU (18–5) | Mississippi State (20–8–1) | Louisville (24–7) | LSU (25–11) | South Carolina (33–8) | South Carolina (34–9) | TCU (33–12) | Texas Tech (38–13) | South Carolina (42–13) | Vanderbilt (43–17) | Texas Tech (44–17) | Miami (FL) (50–14) | 8. |
| 9. | UCLA | Louisiana–Lafayette (3–0) | Florida State (5–1) | LSU (9–2) | LSU (12–3) | Ole Miss (19–2) | Oregon State (16–5) | South Carolina (24–5) | TCU (24–7) | Florida State (23–11) | TCU (28–10) | NC State (31–12) | Ole Miss (36–13) | LSU (36–16) | Texas Tech (40–14) | TCU (42–15) | South Carolina (46–16) | Texas A&M (49–16) | 9. |
| 10. | California | Florida State (3–0) | LSU (5–2) | North Carolina (9–1) | North Carolina (12–2) | Florida State (15–5) | North Carolina (19–4) | California (18–6) | Oregon State (22–7) | NC State (26–10) | NC State (28–11) | TCU (30–12) | South Carolina (36–11) | South Carolina (38–13) | Ole Miss (40–16) | Clemson (42–18) | Florida State (40–20) | Louisville (50–14) | 10. |
| 11. | Oklahoma State | Oregon (3–0) | North Carolina (5–1) | Florida State (8–3) | Ole Miss (15–1) | Virginia (15–6) | Mississippi State (17–7–1) | Oregon State (19–7) | Ole Miss (25–7) | South Carolina (29–8) | LSU (27–13) | Ole Miss (33–12) | Texas Tech (37–13) | Florida State (33–17) | Virginia (36–18) | Texas Tech (41–16) | Coastal Carolina (47–16) | Mississippi State (44–18–1) | 11. |
| 12. | TCU | Houston (3–0) | Arkansas (8–0) | California (9–3) | Virginia (11–5) | South Carolina (20–2) | California (14–6) | Florida Atlantic (21–4) | LSU (21–10) | Oregon State (23–9) | Oregon State (26–10) | Oregon State (28–12) | NC State (32–14) | Virginia (33–18) | TCU (38–14) | South Carolina (42–15) | Oklahoma State (39–20) | LSU (45–21) | 12. |
| 13. | Louisiana–Lafayette | TCU (2–1) | California (5–2) | NC State (10–2) | California (10–4) | LSU (14–5) | Ole Miss (20–5) | North Carolina (20–7) | North Carolina (23–9) | North Carolina (25–11) | Ole Miss (31–10) | UC Santa Barbara (29–10–1) | LSU (31–16) | TCU (34–14) | NC State (34–18) | Florida State (37–20) | UC Santa Barbara (40–18–1) | Florida State (41–22) | 13. |
| 14. | Florida State | North Carolina (2–1) | Virginia (4–3) | Virginia (7–4) | Mississippi State (12–3–1) | Mississippi State (14–6–1) | Virginia (17–8) | Ole Miss (21–7) | NC State (22–9) | UC Santa Barbara (24–7–1) | Louisiana–Lafayette (27–13) | Texas Tech (34–13) | Virginia (31–17) | NC State (32–17) | Clemson (38–18) | Virginia (37–20) | Arizona (42–21) | South Carolina (46–18) | 14. |
| 15. | Houston | UCLA (1–2) | South Carolina (8–0) | Ole Miss (10–1) | Arkansas (13–3) | Missouri State (17–2) | LSU (16–7) | LSU (18–9) | Missouri State (25–6) | Ole Miss (26–10) | Michigan (28–10) | LSU (28–16) | Oklahoma State (30–15) | Oklahoma State (32–17) | Florida State (34–19) | NC State (35–20) | Clemson (44–20) | East Carolina (38–23–1) | 15. |
| 16. | Cal State Fullerton | Oklahoma State (2–2) | NC State (5–2) | Arkansas (10–2) | Oregon (8–5) | NC State (16–6) | Arkansas (18–6) | Missouri State (22-5) | Florida Atlantic (23–6) | Texas Tech (29–9) | UC Santa Barbara (25–10–1) | Virginia (30–17) | UC Santa Barbara (31–12–1) | Clemson (34–18) | Oklahoma State (35–18) | Louisiana–Lafayette (41–19) | East Carolina (37–21–1) | Boston College (35–22) | 16. |
| 17. | Oregon | California (1–2) | Louisiana–Lafayette (4–3) | Louisiana–Lafayette (8–4) | South Carolina (15–2) | Clemson (16–3) | Florida Atlantic (18–4) | NC State (19-9) | California (19–9) | Missouri State (27–8) | Texas Tech (31–12) | North Carolina (28–15) | Oregon State (29–15) | North Carolina (32–19) | Louisiana–Lafayette (37–-19) | Coastal Carolina (44–15) | NC State (38–22) | NC State (38–22) | 17. |
| 18. | Southern California | Arkansas (3–0) | Ole Miss (6–1) | South Carolina (10–2) | NC State (13–4) | California (11–6) | Oklahoma State (17–7) | Clemson (21-7) | Clemson (23–9) | California (21–11) | Florida Atlantic (28–10) | Oklahoma State (28–15) | Florida Atlantic (33–13) | Southern Miss (36–15) | Florida Atlantic (37–15) | Oklahoma State (36–20) | Vanderbilt (43–19) | Clemson (44–20) | 18. |
| 19. | Mississippi State | NC State (2–1) | Mississippi State (6–2) | UCLA (6–5) | Missouri State (12–2) | FAU (15–3) | Missouri State (19–4) | Oklahoma State (19-9) | Georgia Tech (23–8) | Florida Atlantic (25–8) | North Carolina (26–15) | Louisiana–Lafayette (29–16) | Michigan (34–12) | Louisiana–Lafayette (33–19) | UC Santa Barbara (35–16–1) | Southern Miss (40–18) | Ole Miss (43–19) | Vanderbilt (43–19) | 19. |
| 20. | NC State | South Carolina (3–0) | UCLA (3–4) | Mississippi State (8–3–1) | Florida Atlantic (13–2) | Arkansas (15–6) | Houston (16–7) | Virginia (18-11) | UC Santa Barbara (21–7–1) | Louisiana–Lafayette (24–12) | Virginia (26–17) | Florida Atlantic (30–12) | North Carolina (30–17) | UC Santa Barbara (32–15–1) | Coastal Carolina (40–15) | Florida Atlantic (38–17) | Boston College (34–20) | Louisiana–Lafayette (43–21) | 20. |
| 21. | North Carolina | Michigan (4–0) | Houston (4–3) | Missouri State (9–1) | Louisiana–Lafayette (10–6) | UCLA (11–7) | Georgia Tech (18–5) | Michigan (20-5) | BYU (25–5) | Michigan (25–9) | Oklahoma State (25–14) | Michigan (29–12) | Louisiana–Lafayette (31–17) | Florida Atlantic (34–15) | North Carolina (34–21) | UC Santa Barbara (37–18–1) | Virginia (38–22) | Ole Miss (43–19) | 21. |
| 22. | Arkansas | Coastal Carolina (2–1) | Cal State Fullerton (4–2) | Georgia Tech (11–0) | Michigan (11–3) | Oklahoma State (13–7) | UC Santa Barbara (18–4) | BYU (23-3) | Louisiana–Lafayette (21–11) | Virginia (23–15) | Coastal Carolina (30–11) | Georgia Tech (30–14) | Clemson (31–16) | Tulane (35–15) | Tulane (37–17) | Tulane (39–19) | Louisiana–Lafayette (43–21) | Virginia (38–22) | 22. |
| 23. | Coastal Carolina | Cal State Fullerton (1–2) | Coastal Carolina (4–2) | Florida Atlantic (9–1) | UCLA (8–7) | Houston (13–6) | NC State (16–8) | UC Santa Barbara (20-6) | Texas Tech (24–9) | Clemson (24–12) | Missouri State (28–10) | Clemson (27–15) | Southern Miss (34–14) | Coastal Carolina (36–15) | Southern Miss (36–18) | Bryant (47–10) | Tulane (41–21) | Tulane (41–21) | 23. |
| 24. | South Carolina | Mississippi State (2–2) | Florida Atlantic (7–0) | Cal State Fullerton (6–4) | Oklahoma State (9–6) | Oregon (9–7) | Clemson (17–6) | Arkansas (19-9) | Kentucky (22–9) | BYU (27–7) | California (22–14) | California (24–16) | Georgia Tech (31–15) | Oregon State (30–18) | Oregon State (32–19) | Oregon State (35–19) | Southern Miss (41–20) | Dallas Baptist (44–19) | 24. |
| 25. | Michigan | Missouri State (3–0) | East Carolina (6–1) | Houston (6–5) | Clemson (11–3) | Georgia Tech (15–4) | Michigan (16–5) | Georgia Tech (20-7) | Virginia (20–14) | Oklahoma State (22–13) | Georgia Tech (27–13) | Southern Miss (31–14) | Arizona (31–16) | Georgia Tech (33–18) | Georgia Tech (35–20) | North Carolina (34–21) | Dallas Baptist (44–19) | Southern Miss (41–20) | 25. |
| 26. | Rice | Dallas Baptist (3–0) | Missouri State (5–1) | Oklahoma State (6–6) | Houston (8–6) | UC Santa Barbara (15–3) | BYU (20–3) | Louisiana–Lafayette (18-10) | Michigan (21–8) | Georgia Tech (24–11) | Clemson (26–14) | BYU (30–10) | Coastal Carolina (34–14) | Michigan (34–16) | Bryant (44–10) | Louisiana Tech (40–18) | Florida Atlantic (39–19) | Rice (38–24) | 26. |
| 27. | Maryland | Florida Atlantic (4–0) | Oklahoma State (2–5) | Michigan (7–3) | Cal State Fullerton (9–6) | BYU (18–2) | Louisiana–Lafayette (15–9) | Houston (17-10) | Oklahoma State (19–12) | Rice (24–11) | Arizona (26–14) | Coastal Carolina (31–14) | Rice (31–14) | Cal State Fullerton (32–17) | Louisiana Tech (37–16) | Cal State Fullerton (35–21) | Louisiana Tech (42–20) | Louisiana Tech (42–20) | 27. |
| 28. | Missouri State | Ole Miss (3–0) | Michigan (5–2) | East Carolina (8–3) | Georgia Tech (12–3) | Michigan (12–5) | Kentucky (17–6) | Kentucky (20-8) | Southern Miss (25–8) | Coastal Carolina (27–10) | Southern Miss (29–12) | Creighton (30–9) | Creighton (32–10) | Rice (32–16) | Arizona State (33–19) | Dallas Baptist (41–17) | Rice (38–24) | Florida Atlantic (39–19) | 28. |
| 29. | Texas | Southern California (3–0) | Georgia Tech (7–0) | Clemson (8–2) | BYU (15–1) | Louisiana–Lafayette (12–8) | UCLA (12–9) | East Carolina (19-9) | South Alabama (25–8) | Kentucky (23–12) | Cal Poly (25–13) | Arizona (28–16) | Tulane (31–14) | Arizona (32–18) | Long Beach State (35–18) | Arizona (38–20) | Cal State Fullerton (36–23) | Cal State Fullerton (36–23) | 29. |
| 30. | Oklahoma | Stanford (2–1) | Southern California (4–3) | Alabama (10–2) | UC Santa Barbara (12–3) | Alabama (13–6) | Oregon (11–9) | College of Charleston (20-8) | Houston (19–12) | Michigan State (25–7) | BYU (28–9) | Michigan State (30–11) | Washington (27–16) | Arizona State (31–17) | BYU (37–15) | Georgia Tech (36–23) | Georgia Tech (38–25) | Georgia Tech (38–25) | 30. |
| Preseason Feb 1[52] | Week 1 Feb 22[53] | Week 2 Feb 29[54] | Week 3 Mar 7[55] | Week 4 Mar 14[56] | Week 5 Mar 21[57] | Week 6 Mar 28[58] | Week 7 Apr 4[59] | Week 8 Apr 11[60] | Week 9 Apr 18[61] | Week 10 Apr 25[62] | Week 11 May 2[63] | Week 12 May 9[64] | Week 13 May 16[65] | Week 14 May 23[66] | Week 15 May 30[67] | Week 16 June 8[68] | Week 18 June 30[69] | ||
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The Preseason poll ranked the top 35 teams in the nation. Teams not listed above are: 31. Dallas Baptist; 32. Kentucky; 33. Ole Miss; 34. College of Charleston; 35. Tulane.