How the top 25 fared
| SCHOOL (Record) | RESULT/UP NEXT | |
| 1 | FLORIDA (12-1) | lost to No. 2 Alabama, 32-13 Sugar Bowl, Jan. 1 |
| 2 | ALABAMA (13-0) | def. No. 1 Florida, 32-13 BCS championship, Jan. 7 |
| 3 | TEXAS (13-0) | def. No. 21 Nebraska, 13-12 BCS bowl TBA |
| 4 | TEXAS CHRISTIAN (12-0) | did not play BCS bowl TBA |
| 5 | CINCINNATI (12-0) | def. No. 14 Pittsburgh, 45-44 BCS bowl TBA |
| 6 | BOISE STATE (13-0) | def. New Mexico State, 42-7 bowl game TBA |
| 7 | OREGON (10-2) | def. No. 13 Ore. St., 37-33 (Thu.) No. 8 Ohio St. in Rose Bowl, Jan. 1 |
| 8 | OHIO STATE (10-2) | did not play No. 7 Oregon in Rose Bowl, Jan. 1 |
| 9 | IOWA (10-2) | did not play bowl game TBA |
| 10 | PENN STATE (10-2) | did not play bowl game TBA |
| 11 | VIRGINIA TECH (9-3) | did not play bowl game TBA |
| 12 | GEORGIA TECH (11-2) | def. No. 25 Clemson, 39-34 BCS bowl TBA |
| 13 | OREGON STATE (8-4) | lost to No. 7 Oregon, 37-33 (Thu.) bowl game TBA |
| 14 | PITTSBURGH (9-3) | lost to No. 5 Cincinnati, 45-44 bowl game TBA |
| 15 | LOUISIANA STATE (9-3) | did not play bowl game TBA |
| 16 | BRIGHAM YOUNG (10-2) | did not play bowl game TBA |
| 17 | MIAMI (8-3) | did not play bowl game TBA |
| 18 | HOUSTON (10-3) | lost to East Carolina, 38-32 bowl game TBA |
| 19 | CALIFORNIA (8-4) | lost to Washington, 42-10 bowl game TBA |
| 20 | USC (8-4) | lost to Arizona, 21-17 bowl game TBA |
| 21 | NEBRASKA (9-4) | lost to No. 3 Texas, 13-12 bowl game TBA |
| 22 | OKLAHOMA STATE (9-3) | did not play bowl game TBA |
| 23 | STANFORD (8-4) | did not play bowl game TBA |
| 24 | WEST VIRGINIA (9-3) | def. Rutgers, 24-21 bowl game TBA |
| 25 | CLEMSON (8-5) | lost to No. 12 Ga. Tech, 39-34 bowl game TBA |
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