The LSU Tigers remain atop the Harris Interactive Poll with all 115 first-place votes. The Oklahoma St. Cowboys throttled Texas Tech to remain at No. 2. The Alabama Crimson Tide took advantage of Stanford's loss and took over the No. 3 spot. Stanford fell four spots to No. 7, but the Boise St. Broncos took a six-spot plunge after a loss to TCU. They fell from No. 5 to No. 11.
Only the Penn State Nittany Lions experienced a farther drop, from No. 12 to No. 19. The 10-0 Houston Cougars moved from No. 11 to No. 10. This will help them in their pursuit of a BCS bowl since the Harris Poll counts toward one-third of the BCS standings.
The latest BCS standings come out on Sunday night.
Here is the complete Top 25 Harris Poll:
| Rank | School | Prev |
| 1 | LSU (115) |
1 |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | 2 |
| 3 | Alabama | 4 |
| 4 | Oregon | 6 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | 7 |
| 6 | Arkansas | 8 |
| 7 | Stanford | 3 |
| 8 | Clemson | 9 |
| 9 | Virginia Tech | 10 |
| 10 | Houston | 11 |
| 11 | Boise State | 5 |
| 12 | Michigan State | 13 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 14 |
| 14 | Georgia | 15 |
| 15 | South Carolina | 16 |
| 16 | Nebraska | 17 |
| 17 | Kansas State | 18 |
| 18 | Michigan | 21 |
| 19 | Penn State | 12 |
| 20 | Southern Miss | 23 |
| 21 | TCU | 25 |
| 22 | West Virginia | NR |
| 23 | Florida State | NR |
| 24 | Georgia Tech | 19 |
| 25 | Baylor | NR |
Other teams receiving votes: Cincinnati 144; Notre Dame 139; Texas 88; Tulsa 32; Virginia 31; Arizona State 18; Auburn 16; Missouri 10; Arkansas State 8; Iowa 5; Ohio State 3; BYU 2; Ohio 1; Rutgers 1.