| Rank | Team | Record | Next Opponent | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Alabama | 4-0, 1-0 | Kentucky | 1 |
| 2 |  | Ohio State | 3-0, 0-0 | Rutgers | 2 |
| 3 |  | Clemson | 4-0, 1-0 | Louisville | 3 |
| 4 |  | Louisville | 4-0, 0-0 | Clemson | 4 |
| 5 |  | Stanford | 3-0, 2-0 | at Washington | 5 |
| 6 |  | Houston | 4-0, 0-0 | Connecticut | 6 |
| 7 |
| Michigan | 4-0, 1-0 | Wisconsin | 8 |
| 8 |  | Tennessee | 4-0, 1-0 | at Georgia | 9 |
| 9 |  | Wisconsin | 4-0, 1-0 | at Michigan | 12 |
| 10 |  | Florida State | 3-1, 0-0 | North Carolina | 10 |
| 11 |  | Texas A&M | 4-0, 2-0 | at South Carolina | 18 |
| 12 |  | Miami (FL) | 3-0, 0-0 | at Georgia Tech | 13 |
| 13 |  | Washington | 4-0, 1-0 | Stanford | 15 |
| 14 |  | Michigan State | 2-1, 0-1 | at Indiana | 7 |
| 15 |  | TCU | 3-1, 1-0 | Oklahoma | 17 |
| 16 |  | Mississippi | 2-2, 1-1 | Memphis | 20 |
| 17 |  | Baylor | 4-0, 1-0 | at Iowa State | NR |
| 18 |  | Nebraska | 4-0, 1-0 | Illinois | 22 |
| 19 |  | Georgia | 3-1, 1-1 | Tennessee | 11 |
| 20 |  | Oklahoma | 1-2, 0-0 | at TCU | 19 |
| 21 |  | Utah | 4-0, 1-0 | at California | NR |
| 22 |  | Florida | 3-1, 1-1 | at Vanderbilt | 16 |
| 23 |  | Texas | 2-1, 0-0 | at Oklahoma State | 25 |
| 24 |  | LSU | 2-2, 1-1 | Missouri | 14 |
| 25 |  | North Carolina | 3-1, 1-0 | at Florida State | NR |
