| Rank | Team | Record | Next Opponent | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Ohio State | 4-0, 0-0 | at Indiana | 1 |
| 2 |  | Michigan State | 4-0, 0-0 | Purdue | 2 |
| 3 |  | TCU | 4-0, 1-0 | Texas | 3 |
| 4 |  | Baylor | 3-0, 0-0 | Texas Tech | 4 |
| 5 |  | Mississippi | 4-0, 2-0 | at Florida | 5 |
| 6 |  | UCLA | 4-0, 1-0 | Arizona State | 7 |
| 7 |  | Clemson | 3-0, 1-0 | Notre Dame | 6 |
| 8 |  | Georgia | 4-0, 1-0 | Alabama | 8 |
| 9 |  | Notre Dame | 4-0 | at Clemson | 9 |
| 10 |  | Alabama | 3-1, 0-1 | at Georgia | 10 |
| 11 |  | LSU | 3-0, 1-0 | Eastern Michigan | 11 |
| 12 |  | Utah | 4-0, 1-0 | bye | 17 |
| 13 |  | Florida State | 3-0, 0-0 | at Wake Forest | 13 |
| 14 |  | USC | 3-1, 1-1 | bye | 14 |
| 15 |  | Oklahoma | 3-0, 0-0 | West Virginia | 15 |
| 16 |  | Texas A&M | 4-0, 1-0 | Mississippi State | 19 |
| 17 |  | Wisconsin | 3-1, 0-0 | Iowa | 18 |
| 18 |  | Oklahoma State | 4-0, 1-0 | Kansas State | 20 |
| 19 |  | Northwestern | 4-0, 0-0 | Minnesota | 24 |
| 20 |  | Oregon | 2-2, 0-1 | at Colorado | 12 |
| 21 |  | Stanford | 3-1, 2-0 | Arizona | NR |
| 22 |  | Arizona | 3-1, 0-1 | at Stanford | 16 |
| 23 |  | Mississippi State | 3-1, 1-1 | at Texas A&M | NR |
| 24 |  | West Virginia | 3-0, 0-0 | at Oklahoma | NR |
| 25 |  | California | 4-0, 1-0 | Washington State | NR |
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