I thought it would be interesting to look at the polls from the Pre-Season to the final.

RankAP PreAP FinalChange from PreUSA PreUSA FinalChange from Pre1USC (25)Alabama (59)1LSU (18)Alabama (56)12Alabama (17)Oregon3Alabama (20)Oregon33LSU (16)Ohio State15USC (19)Notre Dame214Oklahoma (1)Notre Dame22OklahomaGeorgia25OregonGeorgia1OregonTexas A&M256GeorgiaTexas A&M30GeorgiaStanford127Florida StateStanford14Florida StateSouth Carolina28Michigan (1)South Carolina1MichiganFlorida State-19South CarolinaFlorida14South CarolinaClemson510ArkansasFlorida State-3ArkansasFlorida1311West VirginiaClemsonNot Pre-RankedWest VirginiaKansas State1012WisconsinKansas State10WisconsinLSU-1113Michigan StateLouisville12Michigan StateLouisville1414ClemsonLSU-11ClemsonBoise State815TexasOklahoma-11TexasOklahoma-1116Virginia TechUtah StateNot Pre-RankedNebraskaNorthwesternNot Pre-Ranked17NebraskaNorthwesternNot Pre-RankedTCUUtah StateNot Pre-Ranked18Ohio StateBoise State6StanfordTexas-319Oklahoma StateTexas-4Oklahoma StateOregon StateNot Pre-Ranked20TCUOregon StateNot Pre-RankedVirginia TechVanderbiltNot Pre-Ranked21StanfordSan Jose StateNot Pre-RankedKansas StateSan Jose StateNot Pre-Ranked22Kansas StateNorthern Illinois22Boise StateCincinnati723FloridaVanderbiltNot Pre-RankedFloridaNebraska-724Boise StateMichigan-16Notre DameNorthern Illinois2225LouisvilleNebraska-8AuburnTulsaNot Pre-Ranked26Notre DameBaylor9WashingtonMichigan-1827WashingtonPenn StateNot Pre-RankedLouisvilleUCLANot Pre-Ranked28AuburnCincinnati12Georgia TechBaylorNot Pre-Ranked29North CarolinaOklahoma Sate-10CincinnatiOklahoma State-1030UtahTulsaNot Pre-RankedTexas A&MWisconsin-1831Georgia TechUCLANot Pre-RankedBaylorUCF1132BYUArkansas StateNot Pre-RankedUtahArkansas StateNot Pre-Ranked33TennesseeUCF4Mississippi StateArizona StateNot Pre-Ranked34South FloridaTCU-14South FloridaRutgers735BaylorWisconsin-23North Carolina StateKent StateNot Pre-Ranked36Texas A&MNorth Dakota StateNot Pre-RankedLouisiana TechLouisiana Tech037UCF-BYUArizonaNot Pre-Ranked38Missouri-VirginiaOhioNot Pre-Ranked39North Carolina State-Houston-40Cincinnati-Southern Miss-41Houston-Rutgers-42Louisiana Tech-UCF-43Mississippi State-Tennessee-44Northern Illinois-Missouri-45--Florida Int'l-46--Northern Illinois-47--Texas Tech-

Both polls had five SEC teams in the Top 10, and they were absolutely consistent, as five SEC teams finished in the Top 10. Of course, they were different SEC teams, but SEC teams nonetheless!