| 1985 |
|
| 1. Oklahoma |
| 2. Michigan |
| 3. Penn St |
| 4. Tennessee |
| 5. Florida |
| 6. Texas A&M |
| 7. UCLA |
| 8. Air Force |
| 9. Miami-FL |
| 10. Iowa |
| 11. Nebraska |
| 12. Arkansas |
| 13. Alabama |
| 14. Ohio St |
| 15. Florida St |
| 16. BYU |
| 17. Baylor |
| 18. Maryland |
| 19. Georgia Tech |
| 20. LSU |
|
| 1986 |
|
| 1. Penn St |
| 2. Miami-FL |
| 3. Oklahoma |
| 4. Arizona St |
| 5. Nebraska |
| 6. Auburn |
| 7. Ohio St |
| 8. Michigan |
| 9. Alabama |
| 10. LSU |
| 11. Arizona |
| 12. Baylor |
| 13. Texas A&M |
| 14. UCLA |
| 15. Arkansas |
| 16. Iowa |
| 17. Clemson |
| 18. Washington |
| 19. Boston College |
| 20. Virginia Tech |
|
| 1987 |
|
| 1. Miami-FL |
| 2. Florida St |
| 3. Oklahoma |
| 4. Syracuse |
| 5. LSU |
| 6. Nebraska |
| 7. Auburn |
| 8. Michigan St |
| 9. UCLA |
| 10. Texas A&M |
| 11. Oklahoma St |
| 12. Clemson |
| 13. Georgia |
| 14. Tennessee |
| 15. South Carolina |
| 16. Iowa |
| 17. Notre Dame |
| 18. USC |
| 19. Michigan |
| 20. Arizona St |
|
| 1988 |
| |
| 1. Notre Dame |
| 2. Miami-FL |
| 3. Florida St |
| 4. Michigan |
| 5. West Virginia |
| 6. UCLA |
| 7. USC |
| 8. Auburn |
| 9. Clemson |
| 10. Nebraska |
| 11. Oklahoma St |
| 12. Arkansas |
| 13. Syracuse |
| 14. Oklahoma |
| 15. Georgia |
| 16. Washington St |
| 17. Alabama |
| 18. Houston |
| 19. LSU |
| 20. Indiana |
|
| 1989 |
|
| 1. Miami-FL |
| 2. Notre Dame |
| 3. Flroida St |
| 4. Colorado |
| 5. Tennessee |
| 6. Auburn |
| 7. Michigan |
| 8. USC |
| 9. Alabama |
| 10. Illinois |
| 11. Nebraska |
| 12. Clemson |
| 13. Arkansas |
| 14. Houston |
| 15. Penn St |
| 16. Michigan St |
| 17. Pittsburgh |
| 18. Virginia |
| 19. Texas Tech |
| 20. Texas A&M |
| 21. West Virginia |
| 22. BYU |
| 23. Washington |
| 24. Ohio St |
| 25. Arizona |
|