Rank Week 13 (20) Pollsters
1. CFMinded.com – 350 points (preseason picked Clemson No. 1; Alabama No. 2)
2. DRatings.com – 334 points
4. Bleachers – 327 points
4. Street & Smith – 327 points
6. Coaches USA/Today – 325
7 through 20, see below:
| Rank Week 13 | Pollsters (20) | Points | Week 9 | Week 7 | Points |
| 1 | CFMinded.com | 350 | 8 | 2 | 341 |
| 2 | DRatings.com | 334 | 3 | 4 | 327 |
| 3 | Compughter Ratings | 330 | 11 | 19 | 285 |
| 4 | Bleachers | 327 | 18 | 20 | 281 |
| 4 | Street & Smith | 327 | 14 | 15 | 298 |
| 6 | Coaches USA/Today | 325 | 16 | 17 | 291 |
| 7 | AP | 324 | 12 | 14 | 299 |
| 8 | Sports Formulator | 318 | 6 | 4 | 327 |
| 9 | Phil Steele | 316 | 2 | 13 | 299 |
| 10 | Sporting News | 314 | 20 | 11 | 307 |
| 11 | Simplified Football | 313 | 12 | 9 | 313 |
| 12 | ESPN FPI | 311 | 1 | 1 | 350 |
| 13 | College Football News | 310 | 9 | 3 | 332 |
| 14 | Athlon | 307 | 5 | 6 | 325 |
| 15 | Game Plan | 306 | 10 | 16 | 297 |
| 16 | McIllece Sports | 303 | 3 | 7 | 324 |
| 17 | Sports Illustrated CNN/SI | 289 | 6 | 12 | 302 |
| 18 | Gold Sheet | 285 | 17 | 8 | 317 |
| 19 | Lindy | 279 | 19 | 18 | 286 |
| 20 | Arena Fanatic | 276 | 14 | 10 | 311 |
| Points Calculation Examples: | |||||
| Exact ranking – 26 points (If Alabama preseason No. 1; If now No. 1) | |||||
| Missed ranking by one – 25 points (If Clemson preseason No. 1; If now No. 2) | |||||
| CFMinded.com and DRatings.com have consistently been in the top rankings. | |||||
| ESPN FPI lost its top ranking by not having 10 teams in the current top 25 ranking. | |||||
| Compughter Ratings had the big jump to No. 3 by the exact ranking of 3 teams. | |||||
| Gold Sheet, Lundy and Arena Fanatic have been dropping for a number of weeks. |