| Rank | Team | Record | Next Opponent | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Ohio State | 6-0, 2-0 | Penn State | 1 |
| 2 |  | Michigan State | 6-0, 2-0 | at Michigan | 2 |
| 3 |  | TCU | 6-0, 3-0 | at Iowa State | 3 |
| 4 |  | Baylor | 5-0, 2-0 | West Virginia | 4 |
| 5 |  | Clemson | 5-0, 2-0 | Boston College | 5 |
| 6 |  | Alabama | 5-1, 2-1 | at Texas A&M | 6 |
| 7 |  | LSU | 5-0, 2-0 | Florida | 7 |
| 8 |  | Utah | 5-0, 2-0 | Arizona State | 8 |
| 9 |  | Florida State | 5-0, 2-0 | Louisville | 9 |
| 10 |  | Mississippi | 5-1, 2-1 | at Memphis | 10 |
| 11 |  | UCLA | 4-1, 1-1 | at Stanford | 11 |
| 12 |  | Notre Dame | 5-1 | USC | 12 |
| 13 |  | Florida | 6-0, 4-0 | at LSU | 20 |
| 14 |  | Texas A&M | 5-0, 2-0 | Alabama | 16 |
| 15 |  | Michigan | 5-1, 2-0 | Michigan State | 22 |
| 16 |  | Oklahoma State | 6-0, 3-0 | bye | 17 |
| 17 |  | Stanford | 4-1, 3-0 | UCLA | 19 |
| 18 |  | Boise State | 5-1, 2-0 | at Utah State | 23 |
| 19 |  | Oklahoma | 4-1, 1-1 | at Kansas State | 14 |
| 20 |  | Toledo | 5-0, 2-0 | Eastern Michigan | 24 |
| 21 |  | Memphis | 5-0, 2-0 | Mississippi | NR |
| 22 |  | Iowa | 6-0, 2-0 | at Northwestern | 25 |
| 23 |  | Duke | 5-1, 2-0 | bye | NR |
| 24 |  | USC | 3-2, 1-2 | at Notre Dame | 15 |
| 25 |  | Temple | 5-0, 2-0 | UCF | NR |
