| Rank | Team | Record | Next Week | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Florida | 40-8, 16-7 | South Florida, Vanderbilt (3) | 1 |
| 2 |  | Texas A&M | 37-10, 16-8 | at South Carolina (3) | 2 |
| 3 |  | Miami (FL) | 35-9, 15-6 | at Georgia Tech, Bethune-Cookman, Pittsburgh (3) | 3 |
| 4 |  | Mississippi State | 33-14-1, 15-9 | at Troy, at Auburn (3) | 4 |
| 5 |  | Florida State | 32-13, 14-6 | at Jacksonville, Florida Gulf Coast, at Duke (3) | 5 |
| 6 |  | Texas Tech | 37-13, 17-4 | at Abilene Christian | 11 |
| 7 |  | Louisville | 38-10, 16-8 | at Vanderbilt, North Carolina State (3) | 9 |
| 8 |  | Ole Miss | 36-13, 14-10 | Kentucky (3) | 10 |
| 9 |  | South Carolina | 36-11, 16-7 | Presbyterian, Texas A&M (3) | 6 |
| 10 |  | Vanderbilt | 36-12, 14-10 | Louisville, at Florida (3) | 7 |
| 11 |  | North Carolina State | 32-14, 13-9 | at Louisville (3) | 8 |
| 12 |  | Virginia | 31-17, 14-10 | Georgia Tech (3) | 14 |
| 13 |  | TCU | 33-12, 11-7 | Stephen F. Austin, at Baylor (3) | 13 |
| 14 |  | Rice | 31-14, 18-6 | Houston, Florida Atlantic (3) | 16 |
| 15 |  | LSU | 31-16, 14-10 | at Notre Dame (2), at Tennessee (3) | 18 |
| 16 |  | Oklahoma State | 30-15, 12-6 | Dallas Baptist, Oklahoma (3) | 15 |
| 17 |  | East Carolina | 30-16-1, 11-6-1 | at North Carolina, South Florida (3) | 19 |
| 18 |  | Tulane | 31-14, 11-5 | New Orleans, Southern, Memphis (3) | 21 |
| 19 |  | Florida Atlantic | 33-13, 17-7 | at Ohio State (2), at Rice (3) | 20 |
| 20 |  | Oregon State | 29-15, 10-11 | Portland, Oregon (3) | 12 |
| 21 |  | Coastal Carolina | 34-14, 16-2 | at Charleston Southern (3) | 24 |
| 22 |  | Southern Miss | 34-14, 18-6 | Louisiana Tech (3) | 22 |
| 23 |  | Washington | 27-16, 13-8 | Washington State (3) | 23 |
| 24 |  | Cal State Fullerton | 30-16, 12-3 | at UC Santa Barabara (3) | NR |
| 25 |  | UCSB | 31-12-1, 9-6 | Bakersfield, Cal State Fullerton (3) | 17 |
