Top	2	5	10	15	20
Avg.	1.0	1.2	1.6	2.33	2.4
"="	1	1	2	2	3
OBO	0	2	3	4	5

(The AP poll was the only one to ask its voters, after all the bowl games were completed: "Who should be #1?")

 

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Rewards standings before the bowl games and after them.

Commentary: Rewards matched the top five in the AP final poll fairly closely, interchanging only a couple of teams by a spot or two. Undefeated Miami (Ohio) was placed in the #6 spot by Rewards, though the AP voters pegged them at #15. Miami did defeat Florida (7-5) in the Tangerine Bowl 16-7, and they also defeated Kent State (9-2) whose only other lost was to San Diego State (9-1-1). All other top 20 teams in the AP poll were five or fewer spots away from where they were placed by Rewards, and on average, only about two positions different.