Florida remains the unanimous No. 1 in the CBI Composite Poll. The Gators were first in this week’s four national polls. The USA Today poll was not updated.
There are eight teams from the SEC in this week’s poll, including each of the top three. Vanderbilt and Texas A&M are tied for second.
There are six teams from the ACC, four from the Pac-12 and single entries from the Big South, Big 12 and Sun Belt.
| CBI Composite Poll (3/1/16) | BA | CB | D1 | NCBWA | US | Composite | Last rank | |
| 1 | Florida (7-1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2 | Vanderbilt (8-0) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 3 | |
| 3 | Texas A&M (7-1) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | |
| 4 | Oregon State (7-1) | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 6 | |
| 5 | Louisville (5-2) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 2 | |
| 6 | Miami (5-2) | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 5 | |
| 7 | LSU (5-2) | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 7 | |
| 8 | Oregon (6-1) | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 10 | |
| 9 | TCU (6-1) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 36 | 15 | |
| 10 | North Carolina (5-1) | 12 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 12 | |
| 11 | Florida State (5-1) | 15 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 50 | 11 | |
| 12 | Virginia (4-3) | 8 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 55 | 8 | |
| 13 | Arkansas (8-0) | 17 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 59 | NR | |
| 14 | California (5-2) | 10 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 65 | 16 | |
| 15 | Ole Miss (6-1) | 13 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 65 | NR | |
| 16 | UCLA (3-4) | 14 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 76 | 13 | |
| 17 | Mississippi State (6-2) | 24 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 86 | NR | |
| 18 | NC State (5-2) | 18 | NR | 8 | 16 | 56* | NR | |
| 19 | South Carolina (8-0) | NR | 18 | 13 | 15 | 61* | NR | |
| 20 | UL Lafayette (4-3) | 16 | NR | 24 | 17 | 76* | 9 | |
| 21 | Coastal Carolina (4-2) | 19 | NR | 18 | 23 | 80* | 20 |