Rank | Team | Record | Next Opponent | Prior | |
1 | Ohio State | 8-0, 4-0 | Minnesota | 1 | |
2 | Michigan State | 8-0, 4-0 | at Nebraska | 2 | |
3 | TCU | 8-0, 5-0 | at Oklahoma State | 3 | |
4 | Baylor | 7-0, 4-0 | at Kansas State | 4 | |
5 | Clemson | 8-0, 5-0 | Florida State | 5 | |
6 | LSU | 7-0, 4-0 | at Alabama | 6 | |
7 | Alabama | 7-1, 4-1 | LSU | 7 | |
8 | Notre Dame | 7-1 | at Pittsburgh | 8 | |
9 | Stanford | 7-1, 6-0 | at Colorado | 9 | |
10 | Utah | 7-1, 4-1 | at Washington | 10 | |
11 | Oklahoma State | 8-0, 5-0 | TCU | 11 | |
12 | Florida | 7-1, 5-1 | Vanderbilt | 12 | |
13 | Florida State | 7-1, 5-1 | at Clemson | 13 | |
14 | Memphis | 8-0, 4-0 | Navy | 14 | |
15 | Oklahoma | 7-1, 4-1 | Iowa State | 15 | |
16 | Iowa | 8-0, 4-0 | at Indiana | 16 | |
17 | Mississippi | 7-2, 4-1 | Arkansas | 17 | |
18 | Houston | 8-0, 4-0 | Cincinnati | 23 | |
19 | Toledo | 8-0, 4-0 | Northern Illinois | 18 | |
20 | UCLA | 6-2, 3-2 | at Oregon State | 20 | |
21 | Michigan | 6-2, 3-1 | Rutgers | 21 | |
22 | North Carolina | 7-1, 4-0 | Duke | NR | |
23 | Texas A&M | 6-2, 3-2 | Auburn | 25 | |
24 | Mississippi State | 6-2, 2-2 | at Missouri | NR | |
25 | Temple | 7-1, 4-0 | at SMU | 22 |