2014 Selection Committee/AP/Coaches Polls
| AP TOP 25 Ranking | USA TODAY COACHES TOP 25 | ||||||||||
| Preaseason 8/16/14 | Final 1/13/15 | Preaseason 7/30/14 | Final 1/13/15 | ||||||||
| RK | Team | Pts | RK | Team | Pts | RK | Team | Pts | RK | Team | Pts |
| 1. | Florida St. (57) | 1496 | 1. | Ohio St. (59) | 1475 | 1. | Florida St. (56) | 1543 | 1. | Ohio St. (62) | 1550 |
| 2. | Alabama (1) | 1361 | 2. | Oregon | 1402 | 2. | Alabama | 1455 | 2. | Oregon | 1477 |
| 3. | Oregon (1) | 1334 | 3. | TCU | 1349 | 3. | Oklahoma (3) | 1382 | 3. | TCU | 1408 |
| 4. | Oklahoma (1) | 1324 | 4. | Alabama | 1297 | 4. | Oregon (1) | 1314 | 4. | Alabama | 1363 |
| 5. | Ohio St. | 1207 | 5. | Michigan St. | 1212 | 5. | Auburn | 1271 | 5. | Michigan St. | 1282 |
| 6. | Auburn | 1198 | 5. | Florida St. | 1212 | 6. | Ohio St. (1) | 1267 | 6. | Florida St. | 1262 |
| 7. | UCLA | 1106 | 7. | Baylor | 1098 | 7. | UCLA | 1085 | 7. | Georgia Tech | 1136 |
| 8. | Michigan St. | 1080 | 8. | Georgia Tech | 1071 | 8. | Michigan St. | 1050 | 8. | Baylor | 1135 |
| 9. | South Carolina | 1015 | 9. | Georgia | 925 | 9. | South Carolina (1) | 1009 | 9. | Georgia | 1018 |
| 10. | Baylor | 966 | 10. | UCLA | 908 | 10. | Baylor | 965 | 10. | UCLA | 909 |
| 11. | Stanford | 885 | 11. | Mississippi St. | 767 | 11. | Stanford | 955 | 11. | Missouri | 907 |
| 12. | Georgia | 843 | 12. | Arizona St. | 756 | 12. | Georgia | 905 | 12. | Mississippi St. | 799 |
| 13. | LSU | 776 | 13. | Wisconsin | 724 | 13. | LSU | 833 | 13. | Wisconsin | 765 |
| 14. | Wisconsin | 637 | 14. | Missouri | 710 | 14. | Wisconsin | 654 | 14. | Arizona St. | 750 |
| 15. | USC | 626 | 15. | Clemson | 683 | 15. | USC | 627 | 15. | Clemson | 733 |
| 16. | Clemson | 536 | 16. | Boise St. | 653 | 16. | Clemson | 535 | 16. | Boise St. | 627 |
| 17. | Notre Dame | 445 | 17. | Mississippi | 543 | 17. | Notre Dame | 509 | 17. | Arizona | 574 |
| 18. | Mississippi | 424 | 18. | Kansas St. | 509 | 18. | Arizona St. | 358 | 18. | Kansas St. | 556 |
| 19. | Arizona St. | 357 | 19. | Arizona | 499 | 19. | Mississippi | 346 | 19. | Mississippi | 444 |
| 20. | Kansas St. | 242 | 20. | USC | 315 | 20. | Texas A&M | 266 | 20. | Utah | 331 |
| 21. | Texas A&M | 238 | 21. | Utah | 302 | 21. | Kansas St. | 257 | 21. | USC | 297 |
| 22. | Nebraska | 226 | 22. | Auburn | 216 | 22. | Nebraska | 228 | 22. | Marshall | 178 |
| 23. | N. Carolina | 194 | 23. | Marshall | 161 | 23. | N. Carolina | 175 | 23. | Auburn | 167 |
| 24. | Missouri | 134 | 24. | Louisville | 116 | 24. | Texas | 143 | 24. | Louisville | 113 |
| 25. | Washington | 130 | 25. | Memphis | 94 | 25. | Washington | 142 | 25. | Memphis | 93 |
| Other Votes | Other Votes | Other Votes | Other Votes | ||||||||
| UCF 94, | Notre Dame 28, | Missouri 126, | Nebraska 79, | ||||||||
| Florida 87, | Stanford 27, | Florida 122, | Air Force 45, | ||||||||
| Texas 86, | Nebraska 22, | UCF 102, | Notre Dame 26, | ||||||||
| Duke 71, | Air Force 21, | Mississippi St. 74, | Duke 23, | ||||||||
| Iowa 68, | Duke 18, | Oklahoma St. 56, | Stanford 22, | ||||||||
| Louisville 48, | LSU 12, | TCU 54, | Minnesota 20, | ||||||||
| Marshall 41, | Utah St. 11, | Michigan 53, | Arkansas 18, | ||||||||
| Oklahoma St. 37, | Arkansas 10, | Iowa 49, | LSU 13, | ||||||||
| Virginia Tech 26, | Minnesota 9, | Miami (FL) 45, | Utah St. 8, | ||||||||
| TCU 23, | Texas A&M 7, | Duke 41, | Texas A&M 7, | ||||||||
| Mississippi St. 22, | Oklahoma 7, | Louisville 32, | Rutgers 4, | ||||||||
| Michigan 19, | Northern Illinois 4, | Marshall 27, | Oklahoma 3, | ||||||||
| Texas Tech 19, | Colorado St. 2 | BYU 18, | Washington 3, | ||||||||
| Miami (FL) 16, | Boise St. 13, | Oklahoma St. 2, | |||||||||
| Cincinnati 15, | Virginia Tech 12, | Northern Illinois 1, | |||||||||
| Boise St. 10, | La Lafayet. 12, | Louisiana Tech 1, | |||||||||
| Oregon St. 10, | Texas Tech 8, | Navy 1 | |||||||||
| Northwestern 8, | Minnesota 6, | ||||||||||
| BYU 8, | Cincinnati 6, | ||||||||||
| Penn St. 5, | Northwestern 5, | ||||||||||
| Vanderbilt 2, | Oregon St. 4, | ||||||||||
| Navy 2, | Fresno St. 4, | ||||||||||
| La Lafayet. 1, | Georgia Tech 2, | ||||||||||
| Utah St. 1, | Houston 2, | ||||||||||
| Nevada 1 | Arkansas 1, | ||||||||||
| Northern Illinois 1, | |||||||||||
| Arizona 1 | |||||||||||
| SELECTION COMMITTEE | |||||||||||
| Starting Rank | |||||||||||
| Week 10 | Final | ||||||||||
| RK | Team | RK | Team | ||||||||
| 1. | Mississippi St. | 1. | Alabama | ||||||||
| 2. | Florida St. | 2. | Oregon | ||||||||
| 3. | Auburn | 3. | Florida St. | ||||||||
| 4. | Mississippi | 4. | Ohio St. | ||||||||
| 5. | Oregon | 5. | Baylor | ||||||||
| 6. | Alabama | 6. | TCU | ||||||||
| 7. | TCU | 7. | Mississippi St. | ||||||||
| 8. | Michigan St. | 8. | Michigan St. | ||||||||
| 9. | Kansas St. | 9. | Mississippi | ||||||||
| 10. | Notre Dame | 10. | Arizona | ||||||||
| 11. | Georgia | 11. | Kansas St. | ||||||||
| 12. | Arizona | 12. | Georgia Tech | ||||||||
| 13. | Baylor | 13. | Georgia | ||||||||
| 14. | Arizona St. | 14. | UCLA | ||||||||
| 15. | Nebraska | 15. | Arizona St. | ||||||||
| 16. | Ohio St. | 16. | Missouri | ||||||||
| 17. | Utah | 17. | Clemson | ||||||||
| 18. | Oklahoma | 18. | Wisconsin | ||||||||
| 19. | LSU | 19. | Auburn | ||||||||
| 20. | West Virginia | 20. | Boise St. | ||||||||
| 21. | Clemson | 21. | Louisville | ||||||||
| 22. | UCLA | 22. | Utah | ||||||||
| 23. | East Carolina | 23. | LSU | ||||||||
| 24. | Duke | 24. | USC | ||||||||
| 25. | Louisville | 25. | Minnesota | ||||||||