Rank | Team | Record | Next Opponent | Prior | |
1 | Alabama | 3-0, 1-0 | Kent State | 1 | |
2 | Ohio State | 3-0, 0-0 | bye | 3 | |
3 | Clemson | 3-0, 0-0 | at Georgia Tech | 2 | |
4 | Louisville | 3-0, 1-0 | at Marshall | 10 | |
5 | Stanford | 2-0, 1-0 | at UCLA | 5 | |
6 | Houston | 3-0, 0-0 | at Texas State | 6 | |
7 | Michigan State | 2-0, 0-0 | Wisconsin | 8 | |
8 | Michigan | 3-0, 0-0 | Penn State | 9 | |
9 | Tennessee | 3-0, 0-0 | Florida | 7 | |
10 | Florida State | 2-1, 0-0 | at South Florida | 4 | |
11 | Georgia | 3-0, 1-0 | at Ole Miss | 16 | |
12 | Wisconsin | 3-0, 0-0 | at Michigan State | 15 | |
13 | Miami (FL) | 3-0, 0-0 | bye | 21 | |
14 | LSU | 2-1, 1-0 | at Auburn | 18 | |
15 | Washington | 3-0, 0-0 | at Arizona | 23 | |
16 | Florida | 3-0, 0-0 | at Tennessee | 22 | |
17 | TCU | 2-1, 1-0 | at SMU | 24 | |
18 | Texas A&M | 3-0, 1-0 | Arkansas | NR | |
19 | Oklahoma | 1-2, 0-0 | bye | 11 | |
20 | Mississippi | 1-2, 0-1 | Georgia | 14 | |
21 | Notre Dame | 1-2 | Duke | 12 | |
22 | Nebraska | 3-0, 0-0 | at Northwestern | NR | |
23 | Oregon | 2-1, 0-0 | Colorado | 13 | |
24 | Oklahoma State | 2-1, 0-0 | at Baylor | 25 | |
25 | Texas | 2-1, 0-0 | bye | 19 |