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

Rank AP Pre AP Final Change from Pre USA Pre USA Final Change from Pre
1 USC (25) Alabama (59) 1 LSU (18) Alabama (56) 1
2 Alabama (17) Oregon 3 Alabama (20) Oregon 3
3 LSU (16) Ohio State 15 USC (19) Notre Dame 21
4 Oklahoma (1) Notre Dame 22 Oklahoma Georgia 2
5 Oregon Georgia 1 Oregon Texas A&M 25
6 Georgia Texas A&M 30 Georgia Stanford 12
7 Florida State Stanford 14 Florida State South Carolina 2
8 Michigan (1) South Carolina 1 Michigan Florida State -1
9 South Carolina Florida 14 South Carolina Clemson 5
10 Arkansas Florida State -3 Arkansas Florida 13
11 West Virginia Clemson Not Pre-Ranked West Virginia Kansas State 10
12 Wisconsin Kansas State 10 Wisconsin LSU -11
13 Michigan State Louisville 12 Michigan State Louisville 14
14 Clemson LSU -11 Clemson Boise State 8
15 Texas Oklahoma -11 Texas Oklahoma -11
16 Virginia Tech Utah State Not Pre-Ranked Nebraska Northwestern Not Pre-Ranked
17 Nebraska Northwestern Not Pre-Ranked TCU Utah State Not Pre-Ranked
18 Ohio State Boise State 6 Stanford Texas -3
19 Oklahoma State Texas -4 Oklahoma State Oregon State Not Pre-Ranked
20 TCU Oregon State Not Pre-Ranked Virginia Tech Vanderbilt Not Pre-Ranked
21 Stanford San Jose State Not Pre-Ranked Kansas State San Jose State Not Pre-Ranked
22 Kansas State Northern Illinois 22 Boise State Cincinnati 7
23 Florida Vanderbilt Not Pre-Ranked Florida Nebraska -7
24 Boise State Michigan -16 Notre Dame Northern Illinois 22
25 Louisville Nebraska -8 Auburn Tulsa Not Pre-Ranked
26 Notre Dame Baylor 9 Washington Michigan -18
27 Washington Penn State Not Pre-Ranked Louisville UCLA Not Pre-Ranked
28 Auburn Cincinnati 12 Georgia Tech Baylor Not Pre-Ranked
29 North Carolina Oklahoma Sate -10 Cincinnati Oklahoma State -10
30 Utah Tulsa Not Pre-Ranked Texas A&M Wisconsin -18
31 Georgia Tech UCLA Not Pre-Ranked Baylor UCF 11
32 BYU Arkansas State Not Pre-Ranked Utah Arkansas State Not Pre-Ranked
33 Tennessee UCF 4 Mississippi State Arizona State Not Pre-Ranked
34 South Florida TCU -14 South Florida Rutgers 7
35 Baylor Wisconsin -23 North Carolina State Kent State Not Pre-Ranked
36 Texas A&M North Dakota State Not Pre-Ranked Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech 0
37 UCF - BYU Arizona Not Pre-Ranked
38 Missouri - Virginia Ohio Not Pre-Ranked
39 North Carolina State - Houston -
40 Cincinnati - Southern Miss -
41 Houston - Rutgers -
42 Louisiana Tech - UCF -
43 Mississippi State - Tennessee -
44 Northern Illinois - Missouri -
45 - - Florida Int'l -
46 - - Northern Illinois -
47 - - Texas Tech -