The latest polls have been released with WVU nearly cracking the top 25 in both polls.
The Mountaineers are still not ranked, but just barely. In the coaches poll, WVU sits at #26 with 49 votes (22 points behind #25 Oklahoma St.). Then over at the AP Poll, WVU sits at #27 with 37 votes (1 point behind #26 Temple and 11 points behind Oklahoma St.).
| AP | Coaches | Massey | |
| 1 | Ohio State (59) | Ohio State (62) | Ohio State |
| 2 | Alabama | Alabama (1) | Alabama |
| 3 | TCU | TCU | TCU |
| 4 | Michigan State (2) | Michigan State | Georgia |
| 5 | Baylor | Baylor | Baylor |
| 6 | UCLA | Florida State | Oregon |
| 7 | Georgia | USC | Florida State |
| 8 | Notre Dame | Georgia | Michigan State |
| 9 | Florida State | Clemson | Ole Miss |
| 10 | USC | Notre Dame | Georgia Tech |
| 11 | Clemson | Ole Miss | USC |
| 12 | Oregon | UCLA | Clemson |
| 13 | LSU | Oregon | UCLA |
| 14 | Georgia Tech | LSU | Auburn |
| 15 | Ole Miss | Auburn | LSU |
| 16 | Oklahoma | Georgia Tech | Oklahoma |
| 17 | Texas A&M | Oklahoma | Notre Dame |
| 18 | Auburn | Texas A&M | Texas A&M |
| 19 | BYU | Arizona | Missouri |
| 20 | Arizona | Missouri | Wisconsin |
| 21 | Utah | Utah | Kansas State |
| 22 | Missouri | BYU | Mississippi State |
| 23 | Northwestern | Wisconsin | Arkansas |
| 24 | Wisconsin | Northwestern | Utah |
| 25 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Arizona |