| Rank | Team | Record | Next Opponent | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Ohio State | 7-0, 3-0 | at Rutgers | 1 |
| 2 |  | Michigan State | 7-0, 3-0 | Indiana | 2 |
| 3 |  | TCU | 6-0, 3-0 | bye | 3 |
| 4 |  | Baylor | 6-0, 3-0 | Iowa State | 4 |
| 5 |  | Clemson | 6-0, 3-0 | at Miami | 5 |
| 6 |  | LSU | 6-0, 4-0 | Western Kentucky | 7 |
| 7 |  | Alabama | 6-1, 3-1 | Tennessee | 6 |
| 8 |  | Utah | 6-0, 3-0 | Arizona State | 8 |
| 9 |  | Florida State | 6-0, 3-0 | at Georgia Tech | 9 |
| 10 |  | Notre Dame | 6-1 | bye | 12 |
| 11 |  | Stanford | 5-1, 4-0 | Washington | 17 |
| 12 |  | Oklahoma State | 6-0, 3-0 | Kansas | 16 |
| 13 |  | Florida | 6-1, 4-1 | bye | 13 |
| 14 |  | Memphis | 6-0, 2-0 | at Tulsa | 21 |
| 15 |  | Oklahoma | 5-1, 2-1 | Texas Tech | 19 |
| 16 |  | Iowa | 7-0, 3-0 | bye | 22 |
| 17 |  | Texas A&M | 5-1, 2-1 | at Mississippi | 14 |
| 18 |  | Toledo | 6-0, 3-0 | at Massachusetts | 20 |
| 19 |  | Mississippi | 5-2, 2-1 | Texas A&M | 10 |
| 20 |  | Duke | 5-1, 2-0 | at Virginia Tech | 23 |
| 21 |  | Michigan | 5-2, 2-1 | bye | 15 |
| 22 |  | California | 5-1, 2-1 | at UCLA | NR |
| 23 |  | Temple | 6-0, 3-0 | at East Carolina | 25 |
| 24 |  | Houston | 6-0, 3-0 | at UCF | NR |
| 25 |  | UCLA | 4-2, 1-2 | California | 11 |
