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 |