National Champion: Alabama (AP, BCS, FWAA, NFF, USA)
Heisman Memorial Trophy: Robert Griffin III (Baylor)
Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award: Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State)
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||
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| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | Pct | G | W | L | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Final | Champion |
| 1 | Big 12 Conference | 10 | 128 | 78 | 50 | .609 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .750 | 10.50 | 7.02 | 4 | 4 | Oklahoma State |
| 2 | Southeastern Conference | 12 | 155 | 97 | 58 | .626 | 9 | 6 | 3 | .667 | 8.73 | 4.03 | 8 | 5 | Louisiana State |
| 3 | Big Ten Conference | 12 | 156 | 88 | 68 | .564 | 10 | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.42 | 1.85 | 4 | 4 | Wisconsin |
| 4 | Pacific-12 Conference | 12 | 154 | 81 | 73 | .526 | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.69 | 2.75 | 3 | 3 | Oregon |
| 5 | Big East Conference | 8 | 101 | 57 | 44 | .564 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.19 | 0.45 | 1 | 2 | Cincinnati Louisville West Virginia |
| 6 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 12 | 154 | 82 | 72 | .532 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .250 | 1.67 | 0.37 | 2 | 3 | Clemson |
| 7 | Independent | 4 | 50 | 26 | 24 | .520 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.40 | -0.51 | 1 | 0 | |
| 8 | Mountain West Conference | 8 | 101 | 52 | 49 | .515 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | -3.44 | -3.23 | 2 | 2 | Texas Christian |
| 9 | Mid-American Conference | 13 | 163 | 79 | 84 | .485 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | -3.68 | -3.01 | 0 | 0 | Northern Illinois |
| 10 | Conference USA | 12 | 152 | 74 | 78 | .487 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | -4.39 | -3.10 | 0 | 2 | Southern Mississippi |
| 11 | Western Athletic Conference | 8 | 102 | 43 | 59 | .422 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | -5.63 | -3.73 | 0 | 0 | Louisiana Tech |
| 12 | Sun Belt Conference | 9 | 111 | 49 | 62 | .441 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | -9.66 | -6.33 | 0 | 0 | Arkansas State |
| School | Conf | Pre | 9/4 | 9/11 | 9/18 | 9/25 | 10/2 | 10/9 | 10/16 | 10/23 | 10/30 | 11/6 | 11/13 | 11/20 | 11/27 | 12/5 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | SEC | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Louisiana State | SEC | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Oregon | Pac-12 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Arkansas | SEC | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Southern California | Pac-12 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 | ||||||
| Stanford | Pac-12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| Boise State | MWC | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| South Carolina | SEC | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 9 |
| Wisconsin | Big Ten | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 10 |
| Michigan State | Big Ten | 17 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | |||
| Michigan | Big Ten | 22 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 12 | |||
| Baylor | Big 12 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 13 | |||||
| Texas Christian | MWC | 14 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 14 | ||||||
| Kansas State | Big 12 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 15 | |||||
| Oklahoma | Big 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 16 |
| West Virginia | Big East | 24 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 17 | |||
| Houston | CUSA | 25 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 18 | ||||||
| Georgia | SEC | 19 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 19 | ||||||
| Southern Mississippi | CUSA | 25 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | ACC | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 |
| Clemson | ACC | 21 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 22 | |||
| Florida State | ACC | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 23 | ||||||
| Nebraska | Big Ten | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 24 |
| Cincinnati | Big East | 24 | 23 | 23 | 25 | ||||||||||||
| School | Conf | Pre | 9/4 | 9/11 | 9/18 | 9/25 | 10/2 | 10/9 | 10/16 | 10/23 | 10/30 | 11/6 | 11/13 | 11/20 | 11/27 | 12/5 | Final |
| Arizona State | Pac-12 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 24 | 23 | 20 | |||||||||
| Auburn | SEC | 23 | 21 | 15 | 24 | 19 | 25 | 24 | |||||||||
| Florida | SEC | 22 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | ACC | 25 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 25 | ||||||||
| Illinois | Big Ten | 24 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Mississippi State | SEC | 20 | 16 | 25 | |||||||||||||
| Missouri | Big 12 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | Ind | 16 | 24 | 22 | |||||||||||||
| Ohio State | Big Ten | 18 | 15 | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Penn State | Big Ten | 23 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 24 | ||||||||
| South Florida | Big East | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Texas | Big 12 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 22 | 21 | |||||||||
| Texas A&M | Big 12 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 16 | |||||||
| Texas Tech | Big 12 | 19 | |||||||||||||||
| Virginia | ACC | 24 | |||||||||||||||
| Washington | Pac-12 | 22 |
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Offense Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor Montee Ball, RB, Wisconsin Trent Richardson*, RB, Alabama Justin Blackmon*, WR, Oklahoma State Ryan Broyles, WR, Oklahoma Robert Woods, WR, Southern California Dwayne Allen, TE, Clemson Levy Adcock, OL, Oklahoma State David DeCastro*, OL, Stanford Barrett Jones*, OL, Alabama David Molk, OL, Michigan Nate Potter, OL, Boise State Randy Bullock, K, Texas A&M Joe Adams, AP, Arkansas |
Defense Melvin Ingram, DL, South Carolina Whitney Mercilus*, DL, Illinois Devon Still, DL, Penn State Jerel Worthy, DL, Michigan State Dont'a Hightower, LB, Alabama Jarvis Jones, LB, Georgia Luke Kuechly, LB, Boston College Mark Barron*, DB, Alabama Morris Claiborne*, DB, Louisiana State Tyrann Mathieu, DB, Louisiana State Shawn Powell, P, Florida State |