Next Sunday the only poll that really matters will be released and CBS’s Jerry Palm says the Cards will be in the top 10. Below is Palm’s top 25 as of today, as we all know FSU and Clemson will play Saturday night and others ahead of the Cards have some tough games. Not to mention the Cards will play their highest rated game according to the computers come Friday night. There is a lot to play out and we will know where the Cards stand next Sunday but for now here you go:
| BCS RANK | TEAM | BCS AVG | HARRIS VOTES | HARRIS PCT | COACHES VOTES | COACHES PCT | SAGARIN | COLLEY | A-H | BILLINGSLEY | MASSEY | WOLFE | CPU AVG |
| 1 | Alabama | 0.9886 | 2589 | 0.9958 | 1545 | 0.9968 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1.6667 |
| 2 | Oregon | 0.9333 | 2501 | 0.9619 | 1485 | 0.9581 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | – | 4 |
| 3 | Clemson | 0.8932 | 2355 | 0.9058 | 1365 | 0.8806 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | – | 3.6667 |
| 4 | Florida State | 0.8532 | 2198 | 0.8454 | 1293 | 0.8342 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 3 | – | 4 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 0.8347 | 2280 | 0.8769 | 1406 | 0.9071 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 11 | – | 8 |
| 6 | LSU | 0.7393 | 1914 | 0.7362 | 1098 | 0.7084 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | – | 6.6667 |
| 7 | Texas A&M | 0.708 | 1919 | 0.7381 | 1156 | 0.7458 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 10 | – | 10 |
| 8 | UCLA | 0.6886 | 1719 | 0.6612 | 999 | 0.6445 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 6 | – | 7 |
| 9 | Louisville | 0.6305 | 1922 | 0.7392 | 1166 | 0.7523 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 25 | – | 16 |
| 10 | Missouri | 0.5811 | 1140 | 0.4385 | 617 | 0.3981 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | – | 3.3333 |
| 11 | Stanford | 0.5743 | 1482 | 0.57 | 857 | 0.5529 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 13 | – | 11 |
| 12 | South Carolina | 0.5739 | 1511 | 0.5812 | 1024 | 0.6606 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 9 | – | 14 |
| 13 | Miami (Fla.) | 0.5692 | 1570 | 0.6038 | 905 | 0.5839 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 14 | – | 13 |
| 14 | Baylor | 0.5596 | 1451 | 0.5581 | 890 | 0.5742 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 16 | – | 12.3333 |
| 15 | Georgia | 0.4563 | 1014 | 0.39 | 546 | 0.3523 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 8 | – | 10.3333 |
| 16 | Texas Tech | 0.3567 | 1070 | 0.4115 | 587 | 0.3787 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 20 | – | 19 |
| 17 | Oklahoma | 0.3225 | 840 | 0.3231 | 482 | 0.311 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 22 | – | 17.6667 |
| 18 | Virginia Tech | 0.241 | 584 | 0.2246 | 297 | 0.1916 | 24 | 14 | 17 | 29 | 12 | – | 18.3333 |
| 19 | Northern Illinois | 0.1986 | 376 | 0.1446 | 224 | 0.1445 | 47 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 18 | – | 18.3333 |
| 20 | Fresno State | 0.1939 | 671 | 0.2581 | 419 | 0.2703 | 53 | 22 | 20 | 36 | 29 | – | 29 |
| 21 | Oklahoma State | 0.1868 | 630 | 0.2423 | 493 | 0.3181 | 25 | 37 | 36 | 34 | 37 | – | 35.6667 |
| 22 | Florida | 0.1561 | 399 | 0.1535 | 240 | 0.1548 | 16 | 27 | 23 | 27 | 17 | – | 22.3333 |
| 23 | Auburn | 0.1162 | 170 | 0.0654 | 67 | 0.0432 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 28 | 15 | – | 20.6667 |
| 24 | Nebraska | 0.1016 | 326 | 0.1254 | 278 | 0.1794 | 37 | 32 | 34 | 31 | 33 | – | 33 |
| 25 | Michigan | 0.0886 | 323 | 0.1242 | 178 | 0.1148 | 35 | 25 | 25 | 18 | 32 | – | 27.3333 |