Rank | Team | Record | Next Opponent | Prior | |
1 | ![]() | Ohio State | 5-0, 1-0 | Maryland | 1 |
2 | ![]() | Michigan State | 5-0, 1-0 | at Rutgers | 2 |
3 | ![]() | TCU | 5-0, 2-0 | at Kansas State | 3 |
4 | ![]() | Baylor | 4-0, 1-0 | at Kansas | 4 |
5 | ![]() | Clemson | 4-0, 1-0 | Georgia Tech | 7 |
6 | ![]() | Alabama | 4-1, 1-1 | Arkansas | 10 |
7 | ![]() | LSU | 4-0, 1-0 | at South Carolina | 11 |
8 | ![]() | Utah | 4-0, 1-0 | California | 12 |
9 | ![]() | Florida State | 4-0, 1-0 | Miami | 13 |
10 | ![]() | Mississippi | 4-1, 2-1 | New Mexico State | 5 |
11 | ![]() | UCLA | 4-1, 1-1 | bye | 6 |
12 | ![]() | Notre Dame | 4-1 | Navy | 9 |
13 | ![]() | Georgia | 4-1, 1-1 | at Tennessee | 8 |
14 | ![]() | Oklahoma | 4-0, 1-0 | vs Texas | 15 |
15 | ![]() | USC | 3-1, 1-1 | Washington | 14 |
16 | ![]() | Texas A&M | 5-0, 2-0 | bye | 16 |
17 | ![]() | Oklahoma State | 5-0, 2-0 | at West Virginia | 18 |
18 | ![]() | Northwestern | 5-0, 1-0 | at Michigan | 19 |
19 | ![]() | Stanford | 4-1, 3-0 | bye | 21 |
20 | ![]() | Florida | 5-0, 2-0 | at Missouri | NR |
21 | ![]() | California | 5-0, 2-0 | at Utah | 25 |
22 | ![]() | Michigan | 4-1, 1-0 | Northwestern | NR |
23 | ![]() | Boise State | 4-1, 1-0 | at Colorado State | NR |
24 | ![]() | Toledo | 4-0, 1-0 | Kent State | NR |
25 | ![]() | Iowa | 5-0, 1-0 | Illinois | NR |