Here are the most updated AP and coaches ranking. Bruins finish in the #14 in AP and #15 Coaches' poll (via SBNation):
| Playoff | AP | Coaches | Massey computer composite | |
| 1 | Alabama | Alabama | Alabama | Alabama |
| 2 | Oregon | Florida State | Florida State | Oregon |
| 3 | Florida State | Oregon | Oregon | TCU |
| 4 | Ohio State | Baylor | Ohio State | Ohio State |
| 5 | Baylor | Ohio State | Baylor | Florida State |
| 6 | TCU | TCU | TCU | Baylor |
| 7 | TBA | Michigan State | Michigan State | Ole Miss |
| 8 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State | Mississippi State | |
| 9 | Ole Miss | Georgia Tech | Michigan State | |
| 10 | Georgia Tech | Kansas State | Georgia | |
| 11 | Kansas State | Arizona | Auburn | |
| 12 | Arizona | Ole Miss | Kansas State | |
| 13 | Georgia | Georgia | Georgia Tech | |
| 14 | UCLA | Missouri | UCLA | |
| 15 | Arizona State | UCLA | Wisconsin | |
| 16 | Missouri | Arizona State | Missouri | |
| 17 | Wisconsin | Wisconsin | Arizona | |
| 18 | Clemson | Clemson | LSU | |
| 19 | Auburn | Auburn | Oklahoma | |
| 20 | Louisville | Louisville | Clemson | |
| 21 | Boise State | Boise State | Arizona State | |
| 22 | LSU | Nebraska | Boise State | |
| 23 | Utah | LSU | USC | |
| 24 | USC | Oklahoma | Louisville | |
| 25 | Nebraska | Utah | Nebraska |