1st-place Rank School (2008 record) Points Prev. votes 1. LSU (49-19-1) 738 6 14 2. North Carolina (54-14) 737 3 12 3. Rice (47-15) 673 7 1 4. Georgia (45-25-1) 600 2 0 5. Texas A&M (46-19) 590 12 2 6. Stanford (41-24-2) 576 5 1 7. Arizona State (49-13) 533 9 0 8. Cal State-Full. (41-22) 507 10 0 t9. Florida State (54-14) 500 8 0 t9. Texas (39-22) 500 21 0 11. Mississippi (39-26) 431 NR 0 12. Georgia Tech (41-21) 327 24 0 13. Oklahoma State (44-18) 321 18 0 14. Miami (Fla.) (53-11) 320 4 0 15. San Diego (44-17) 304 17 0 16. Louisville (41-21) 292 NR 0 17. Baylor (32-26) 269 NR 0 18. UC-Irvine (42-18) 262 11 0 19. Fresno State (47-31) 247 1 1 20. Missouri (39-21) 224 19 0 21. Pepperdine (38-21) 156 NR 0 22. UCLA (33-27) 140 NR 0 23. Florida (34-24) 112 NR 0 24. Coastal Car. (50-14) 102 16 0 25. Clemson (31-27-1) 80 NR 0
Other SEC teams receiving votes: Kentucky (44-19) 64; Alabama (35-28) 20; Arkansas (34-24) 17; Vanderbilt (41-22) 13; Auburn (28-28) 10; South Carolina (40-23) 10.