2015 AP & Coaches Polls Final
| AP TOP 25 Ranking | USA TODAY COACHES TOP 25 | ||||||||||
| Starting Preseason 8/23/15 | Final | Starting Preaseason 7/29/15 | Final | ||||||||
| RK | Team | Pts | RK | Team | Pts | RK | Team | Pts | RK | Team | Pts |
| 1. | Ohio St. (61) | 1525 | 1. | Alabama (61) | 1525 | 1. | Ohio St. (62) | 1598 | 1. | Alabama(56) | 1400 |
| 2. | TCU | 1428 | 2. | Clemson | 1464 | 2. | TCU (1) | 1487 | 2. | Clemson | 1344 |
| 3. | Alabama | 1322 | 3. | Stanford | 1360 | 3. | Alabama (1) | 1452 | 3. | Stanford | 1235 |
| 4. | Baylor | 1263 | 4. | Ohio State | 1342 | 4. | Baylor | 1365 | 4. | Ohio State | 1231 |
| 5. | Michigan St. | 1256 | 5. | Oklahoma | 1270 | 5. | Oregon | 1260 | 5. | Oklahoma | 1172 |
| 6. | Auburn | 1192 | 6. | Michigan State | 1227 | 6. | Michigan St. | 1230 | 6. | Michigan State | 1121 |
| 7. | Oregon | 1156 | 7. | TCU | 1098 | 7. | Auburn | 1103 | 7. | TCU | 1020 |
| 8. | USC | 1085 | 8. | Houston | 1050 | 8. | Florida St. | 1057 | 8. | Houston | 928 |
| 9. | Georgia | 991 | 9. | Iowa | 981 | 9. | Georgia | 1026 | 9. | Ole Miss | 919 |
| 10. | Florida St. | 959 | 10. | Ole Miss | 975 | 10. | USC | 1014 | 10. | Iowa | 862 |
| 11. | Notre Dame | 873 | 11. | Notre Dame | 953 | 11. | Notre Dame | 883 | 11. | Michigan | 812 |
| 12. | Clemson | 862 | 12. | Michigan | 911 | 12. | Clemson | 838 | 12. | Notre Dame | 781 |
| 13. | UCLA | 698 | 13. | Baylor | 820 | 13. | LSU | 727 | 13. | Baylor | 763 |
| 14. | LSU | 675 | 14. | Florida State | 630 | 14. | UCLA | 697 | 14. | Florida State | 645 |
| 15. | Arizona St. | 605 | 15. | North Carolina | 563 | 15. | Mississippi | 668 | 15. | North Carolina | 543 |
| 16. | Georgia Tech | 588 | 16. | LSU | 546 | 16. | Arizona St. | 577 | 16. | Utah | 499 |
| 17. | Mississippi | 563 | 17. | Utah | 499 | 17. | Georgia Tech | 573 | 17. | LSU | 485 |
| 18. | Arkansas | 410 | 18. | Navy | 465 | 18. | Wisconsin | 470 | 18. | Navy | 402 |
| 19. | Oklahoma | 394 | 19. | Oregon | 391 | 19. | Oklahoma | 407 | 19. | Oklahoma State | 392 |
| 20. | Wisconsin | 393 | 20. | Oklahoma State | 372 | 20. | Arkansas | 377 | 20. | Oregon | 356 |
| 21. | Stanford | 347 | 21. | Wisconsin | 332 | 21. | Stanford | 365 | 21. | Wisconsin | 307 |
| 22. | Arizona | 311 | 22. | Tennessee | 260 | 22. | Arizona | 299 | 22. | Northwestern | 207 |
| 23. | Boise St. | 240 | 23. | Northwestern | 203 | 23. | Missouri | 229 | 23. | Tennessee | 190 |
| 24. | Missouri | 219 | 24. | Western Kentucky | 128 | 24. | Boise St. | 190 | 24. | Georgia | 173 |
| 25. | Tennessee | 114 | 25. | Florida | 126 | 25. | Tennessee | 166 | 25. | Florida | 141 |
| Other Votes | Other Votes | Other Votes | Other Votes | ||||||||
| Mississippi St. 100, | Georgia 109 | Mississippi St. 164, | WKU 73 | ||||||||
| Texas A&M 61, | Washington State 51 | Texas A&M 149, | San Diego State 55 | ||||||||
| Oklahoma St. 46, | Mississippi State 47 | Oklahoma St. 89, | Toledo 27 | ||||||||
| Virginia Tech 42, | San Diego State 44 | Virginia Tech 70, | Washington State 23 | ||||||||
| Utah 36, | Arkansas 28 | Utah 40, | Mississippi State 18 | ||||||||
| Penn St. 20, | Toledo 28 | Kansas St. 37, | Temple 18 | ||||||||
| Louisville 12, | USC 10 | Louisville 27, | Marshall 15 | ||||||||
| Cincinnati 8, | Appalachian State 7 | Nebraska 27, | Arkansas 11 | ||||||||
| Nebraska 6, | Boise State 4 | Minnesota 25, | Appalachian State 9 | ||||||||
| Kansas St. 5, | Duke 3 | Penn St. 20, | Boise State 8 | ||||||||
| Florida 4, | Temple 2 | South Carolina 18, | Louisville 7 | ||||||||
| N.C. State 4, | BYU 1 | Miami (FL) 16, | USC 2 | ||||||||
| Texas 3, | Texas 8, | Memphis 2 | |||||||||
| Michigan 2, | Illinois 7, | Duke 2 | |||||||||
| BYU 2, | Duke 6, | West Virginia 1 | |||||||||
| Northern Illinois 2, | Air Force 5, | Georgia Southern 1 | |||||||||
| W. Kentucky 1, | Louisiana Tech 5, | ||||||||||
| California 1, | Utah St. 4, | ||||||||||
| West Virginia | Marshall 4, | ||||||||||
| BYU 3, | |||||||||||
| N.C. State 3, | |||||||||||
| West Virginia 3, | |||||||||||
| Georgia Southern 2, | |||||||||||
| Florida 2, | |||||||||||
| N. Carolina 2, | |||||||||||
| Michigan 1, | |||||||||||
| UCF 1, | |||||||||||
| Kentucky 1, | |||||||||||
| Maryland 1, | |||||||||||
| Washington 1, | |||||||||||
| Cincinnati 1 | |||||||||||
| SELECTION COMMITTEE | |||||||||||
| Starting Rank | |||||||||||
| 11/4/15 | 12/2/15 | ||||||||||
| RK | Team | RK | Team | ||||||||
| 1. | Clemson | 1. | Clemson | ||||||||
| 2. | LSU | 2. | Alabama | ||||||||
| 3. | Ohio St. | 3. | Oklahoma | ||||||||
| 4. | Alabama | 4. | Iowa | ||||||||
| 5. | Notre Dame | 5. | Michigan St. | ||||||||
| 6. | Baylor | 6. | Ohio St. | ||||||||
| 7. | Michigan St. | 7. | Stanford | ||||||||
| 8. | TCU | 8. | Notre Dame | ||||||||
| 9. | Iowa | 9. | Florida St. | ||||||||
| 10. | Florida | 10. | N. Carolina | ||||||||
| 11. | Stanford | 11. | TCU | ||||||||
| 12. | Utah | 12. | Baylor | ||||||||
| 13. | Memphis | 13. | Mississippi | ||||||||
| 14. | Oklahoma St. | 14. | Northwestern | ||||||||
| 15. | Oklahoma | 15. | Michigan | ||||||||
| 16. | Florida St. | 16. | Oregon | ||||||||
| 17. | Michigan | 17. | Oklahoma St. | ||||||||
| 18. | Mississippi | 18. | Florida | ||||||||
| 19. | Texas A&M | 19. | Houston | ||||||||
| 20. | Mississippi St. | 20. | USC | ||||||||
| 21. | Northwestern | 21. | LSU | ||||||||
| 22. | Temple | 22. | Temple | ||||||||
| 23. | UCLA | 23. | Navy | ||||||||
| 24. | Toledo | 24. | Utah | ||||||||
| 25. | Houston | 25. | Tennessee | ||||||||