Rank | Team | Record | Next Opponent | Prior | |
1 | ![]() | Clemson | 12-0, 8-0 | vs North Carolina | 1 |
2 | ![]() | Alabama | 11-1, 7-1 | vs Florida | 2 |
3 | ![]() | Michigan State | 11-1, 7-1 | vs Iowa | 4 |
4 | ![]() | Iowa | 12-0, 8-0 | vs Michigan State | 5 |
5 | ![]() | Oklahoma | 11-1, 8-1 | bye | 6 |
6 | ![]() | Ohio State | 11-1, 7-1 | bye | 8 |
7 | ![]() | Stanford | 10-2, 8-1 | vs USC | 11 |
8 | ![]() | Notre Dame | 10-2 | bye | 3 |
9 | ![]() | Florida State | 10-2, 6-2 | bye | 14 |
10 | ![]() | North Carolina | 11-1, 8-0 | vs Clemson | 12 |
11 | ![]() | Oklahoma State | 10-2, 7-2 | bye | 9 |
12 | ![]() | TCU | 10-2, 7-2 | bye | 16 |
13 | ![]() | Baylor | 9-2, 6-2 | Texas | 7 |
14 | ![]() | Florida | 10-2, 7-1 | vs Alabama | 10 |
15 | ![]() | Houston | 11-1, 7-1 | vs Temple | 19 |
16 | ![]() | Mississippi | 9-3, 6-2 | bye | 17 |
17 | ![]() | Northwestern | 10-2, 6-2 | bye | 18 |
18 | ![]() | Michigan | 9-3, 6-2 | bye | 13 |
19 | ![]() | Oregon | 9-3, 7-2 | bye | 22 |
20 | ![]() | LSU | 8-3, 5-3 | bye | 23 |
21 | ![]() | Navy | 9-2, 7-1 | bye | 15 |
22 | ![]() | Utah | 9-3, 6-3 | bye | 24 |
23 | ![]() | Temple | 10-2, 6-1 | vs Houston | NR |
24 | ![]() | Wisconsin | 9-3, 5-2 | bye | NR |
25 | ![]() | Georgia | 9-3, 5-3 | bye | NR |