Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 1999 college football season:
| Rank | Team Name | Rating | Record | AP | ESPN/USA Today | Bowl Game Results |
| 1 | FLORIDA STATE | 127.0002 | 12-0 | 1 | 1 | Beat Virginia Tech 46-29 |
| 2 | VIRGINIA TECH | 91.1935 | 11-1 | 2 | 3 | Lost to Florida State |
| 3 | NEBRASKA | 82.3288 | 12-1 | 3 | 2 | Beat Tennessee 31-21 |
| 4 | WISCONSIN | 81.4991 | 10-2 | 4 | 4 | Beat Stanford 17-9 |
| 5 | ILLINOIS | 75.7916 | 8-4 | 24 | 25 | Beat Virginia 63-21 |
| 6 | MICHIGAN | 75.5147 | 10-2 | 5 | 5 | Beat Alabama 35-34 |
| 7 | ALABAMA | 74.8129 | 10-3 | 8 | 8 | Lost to Michigan |
| 8 | TENNESSEE | 73.1051 | 9-3 | 9 | 9 | Lost to Nebraska |
| 9 | MICHIGAN STATE | 72.2108 | 10-2 | 7 | 7 | Beat Florida 37-34 |
| 10 | PENN STATE | 71.8423 | 11-3 | 11 | 11 | Beat Texas A+M 24-0 |
| 11 | FLORIDA | 71.5090 | 9-4 | 12 | 14 | Lost to Michigan State |
| 12 | KANSAS STATE | 69.8357 | 11-1 | 6 | 6 | Beat Washington 24-20 |
| 13 | MISSISSIPPI STATE | 67.0890 | 10-2 | 13 | 12 | Beat Clemson 17-7 |
| 14 | MINNESOTA | 63.5515 | 8-4 | 18 | 17 | Lost to Oregon |
| 15 | ARKANSAS | 63.0578 | 8-4 | 17 | 19 | Beat Texas 27-6 |
| 16 | GEORGIA | 62.5262 | 8-4 | 16 | 16 | Beat Purdue 28-25 |
| 17 | TEXAS | 62.0496 | 9-5 | 21 | 23 | Lost to Arkansas |
| 18 | PURDUE | 61.8244 | 7-5 | 25 | 27 | Lost to Georgia |
| 19 | OHIO STATE | 61.5117 | ||||
| 20 | SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI | 60.4797 | ||||
| 21 | CLEMSON | 60.2022 | ||||
| 22 | TEXAS A+M | 60.0757 | ||||
| 23 | VIRGINIA | 59.9592 | ||||
| 24 | WAKE FOREST | 58.6637 | ||||
| 25 | MISSISSIPPI | 58.2745 | ||||
| 26 | MARSHALL | 57.5502 | ||||
| 27 | MIAMI (F) | 57.3185 | ||||
| 28 | GEORGIA TECH | 56.6167 | ||||
| 29 | AUBURN | 56.3354 | ||||
| 30 | NORTH CAROLINA | 56.1667 | ||||
| 31 | INDIANA | 55.4505 | ||||
| 32 | DUKE | 54.7696 | ||||
| 33 | VANDERBILT | 53.9939 | ||||
| 34 | OREGON | 53.9463 | ||||
| 35 | LOUISIANA TECH | 53.4181 | ||||
| 36 | LSU | 53.1198 | ||||
| 37 | NORTH CAROLINA STATE | 52.7022 | ||||
| 38 | MARYLAND | 51.5196 | ||||
| 39 | KENTUCKY | 51.4108 | ||||
| 40 | ALABAMA (BIRMINGHAM) | 49.6670 | ||||
| 41 | EAST CAROLINA | 49.4837 | ||||
| 42 | HOUSTON | 49.3055 | ||||
| 43 | OKLAHOMA | 48.2578 | ||||
| 44 | COLORADO | 47.7385 | ||||
| 45 | LOUISVILLE | 47.2268 | ||||
| 46 | STANFORD | 46.8961 | ||||
| 47 | NORTHWESTERN | 46.5893 | ||||
| 48 | USC | 46.2444 | ||||
| 49 | MEMPHIS STATE | 45.9594 | ||||
| 50 | CINCINNATI | 45.2577 | ||||
| 51 | OKLAHOMA STATE | 45.1517 | ||||
| 52 | TEXAS TECH | 45.0739 | ||||
| 53 | BOSTON COLLEGE | 44.5538 | ||||
| 54 | NOTRE DAME | 44.5308 | ||||
| 55 | ARIZONA STATE |