Rank-School-2008 Record-Final '08 Poll Place
1 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 54-14 3
2 LSU Southeastern 49-19-1 6
3 Rice Conference USA 47-15 7
4 Texas A&M Big 12 46-19 14
5 Georgia SEC 45-25-1 2
6 Florida State ACC 54-14 8
7 Arizona State Pacific-10 49-13 9
8 Texas Big 12 39-22 21
9 Stanford Pac-10 41-24-2 4
10 Cal State Fullerton Big West 41-22 11
11 Louisville Big East 41-21 NR
12 Miami (Fla.) ACC 53-11 5
13 Georgia Tech ACC 41-21 26
14 Mississippi SEC 39-26 NR
15 UC Irvine Big West 42-18 10
16 Oklahoma State Big 12 44-18 17
17 Fresno State Western Athletic 47-31 1
18 San Diego West Coast 44-17 18
19 Baylor Big 12 32-26 NR
20 Missouri Big 12 39-21 19
21 Pepperdine WCC 38-21 NR
22 Coastal Carolina Big South 50-14 13
23 Kentucky SEC 44-19 23
24 Florida SEC 34-24 NR
25 UCLA Pac-10 33-27 NR
26 Clemson ACC 31-27-1 NR
27 East Carolina C-USA 42-21 NR
28 Oklahoma Big 12 36-26 NR
29 Arizona Pac-10 42-19 12
30 Michigan Big Ten 46-14 28
31 Oregon State Pac-10 28-24 NR
32 TCU Mountain West 44-19 NR
33 Southern California Pac-10 28-28 NR
34 Tulane C-USA 39-22-1 NR
35 Wichita State Missouri Valley 48-17 15
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (35-28), Arkansas (34-24), Auburn (28-28), Bethune-Cookman (36-22), California (33-21-2), Charlotte (43-16), College of Charleston (39-20), Dallas Baptist (37-19), Elon (44-18), Houston (42-24), Lamar (35-23), Long Beach State (38-21), Missouri State (40-17), NC State (42-22), Nebraska (41-16), New Orleans (43-21), Notre Dame (33-21-1), Ohio State (30-26), Oral Roberts (48-14), Oregon (0-0), Sam Houston State (37-25), San Diego State (31-28), Santa Clara (33-22), South Carolina (40-23), Southern Miss (42-22), St. John's (42-16), Tennessee (27-29), UC Davis (35-24), UC Santa Barbara (35-21), UNC Wilmington (44-17), UTSA (39-19), Vanderbilt (41-22), Virginia (39-23).
By conference: Big 12 6, Pacific-10 6, Atlantic Coast 5, Southeastern 5, Conference USA 3, Big West 2, West Coast 2, Big East 1, Big South 1, Big Ten 1, Missouri Valley 1, Mountain West 1, Western Athletic 1.
1 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 54-14 3
2 LSU Southeastern 49-19-1 6
3 Rice Conference USA 47-15 7
4 Texas A&M Big 12 46-19 14
5 Georgia SEC 45-25-1 2
6 Florida State ACC 54-14 8
7 Arizona State Pacific-10 49-13 9
8 Texas Big 12 39-22 21
9 Stanford Pac-10 41-24-2 4
10 Cal State Fullerton Big West 41-22 11
11 Louisville Big East 41-21 NR
12 Miami (Fla.) ACC 53-11 5
13 Georgia Tech ACC 41-21 26
14 Mississippi SEC 39-26 NR
15 UC Irvine Big West 42-18 10
16 Oklahoma State Big 12 44-18 17
17 Fresno State Western Athletic 47-31 1
18 San Diego West Coast 44-17 18
19 Baylor Big 12 32-26 NR
20 Missouri Big 12 39-21 19
21 Pepperdine WCC 38-21 NR
22 Coastal Carolina Big South 50-14 13
23 Kentucky SEC 44-19 23
24 Florida SEC 34-24 NR
25 UCLA Pac-10 33-27 NR
26 Clemson ACC 31-27-1 NR
27 East Carolina C-USA 42-21 NR
28 Oklahoma Big 12 36-26 NR
29 Arizona Pac-10 42-19 12
30 Michigan Big Ten 46-14 28
31 Oregon State Pac-10 28-24 NR
32 TCU Mountain West 44-19 NR
33 Southern California Pac-10 28-28 NR
34 Tulane C-USA 39-22-1 NR
35 Wichita State Missouri Valley 48-17 15
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (35-28), Arkansas (34-24), Auburn (28-28), Bethune-Cookman (36-22), California (33-21-2), Charlotte (43-16), College of Charleston (39-20), Dallas Baptist (37-19), Elon (44-18), Houston (42-24), Lamar (35-23), Long Beach State (38-21), Missouri State (40-17), NC State (42-22), Nebraska (41-16), New Orleans (43-21), Notre Dame (33-21-1), Ohio State (30-26), Oral Roberts (48-14), Oregon (0-0), Sam Houston State (37-25), San Diego State (31-28), Santa Clara (33-22), South Carolina (40-23), Southern Miss (42-22), St. John's (42-16), Tennessee (27-29), UC Davis (35-24), UC Santa Barbara (35-21), UNC Wilmington (44-17), UTSA (39-19), Vanderbilt (41-22), Virginia (39-23).
By conference: Big 12 6, Pacific-10 6, Atlantic Coast 5, Southeastern 5, Conference USA 3, Big West 2, West Coast 2, Big East 1, Big South 1, Big Ten 1, Missouri Valley 1, Mountain West 1, Western Athletic 1.