| The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 30 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each of the 30 conferences. Records shown are the final 2009 records. Last ranking reflects the final 2009 poll. First-place votes are in parentheses. |
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Pts |
Pvs |
| 1 |
Washington (30) |
51-12 |
750 |
1 |
| 2 |
Alabama |
54-11 |
677 |
3 |
| 3 |
Florida |
63-5 |
649 |
2 |
| 4 |
Michigan |
47-12 |
625 |
6 |
| 5 |
Arizona St. |
47-19 |
613 |
5 |
| 6 |
Arizona |
46-17 |
597 |
7 |
| 7 |
Georgia |
47-12 |
569 |
4 |
| 8 |
UCLA |
45-11 |
558 |
9 |
| 9 |
Missouri |
50-12 |
536 |
8 |
| 10 |
Stanford |
48-11 |
433 |
10 |
| 11 |
Oklahoma |
41-16 |
401 |
16 |
| 12 |
California |
38-20 |
370 |
11 |
| 13 |
Georgia Tech |
46-15 |
319 |
13 |
| 14 |
Ohio St. |
47-11 |
312 |
12 |
| 15 |
Northwestern |
31-15 |
288 |
18 |
| 16 |
Tennessee |
40-18-1 |
245 |
20 |
| 17 |
Baylor |
40-22 |
226 |
15 |
| 18 |
LSU |
34-18-1 |
219 |
19 |
| 19 |
North Carolina |
47-13 |
209 |
17 |
| 20 |
Massachusetts |
41-10 |
199 |
14 |
| 21 |
DePaul |
39-14 |
178 |
23 |
| 22 |
Louisville |
48-11 |
166 |
NR |
| 23 |
Florida St. |
44-16 |
109 |
22 |
| 24 |
Louisiana-Lafayette |
45-13 |
88 |
25 |
| 25 |
Fresno St. |
38-20 |
75 |
NR |
Others receiving votes:
North Dakota St. 44, Jacksonville St. 38, Cal Poly 37, Nevada 31, Nebraska 28, Texas 23, Notre Dame 21, Cal St. Fullerton 17, San Diego St. 15, Iowa 11, Kentucky 11, Purdue 10, Hawaii 8, Mississippi St. 7, Southern Illinois 7, Cal St. Northridge 6, Texas A&M 6, Tulsa 6, Creighton 4, BYU 3, Houston 3, Oklahoma St. 3
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