Rank | Team | Record | Next Opponent | Prior | |
1 | Alabama | 9-0, 6-0 | Mississippi State | 1 | |
2 | Clemson | 9-0, 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 2 | |
3 | Michigan | 9-0, 6-0 | at Iowa | 3 | |
4 | Washington | 9-0, 6-0 | USC | 4 | |
5 | Louisville | 8-1, 6-1 | Wake Forest | 5 | |
6 | Ohio State | 8-1, 5-1 | at Maryland | 6 | |
7 | Wisconsin | 7-2, 4-2 | Illinois | 9 | |
8 | Auburn | 7-2, 5-1 | at Georgia | 13 | |
9 | Oklahoma | 7-2, 6-0 | Oklahoma | 12 | |
10 | Texas A&M | 7-2, 4-2 | Mississippi | 8 | |
11 | West Virginia | 7-1, 4-1 | at Texas | 18 | |
12 | Penn State | 7-2, 5-1 | at Indiana | 22 | |
13 | Florida | 6-2, 4-2 | South Carolina | 7 | |
14 | Western Michigan | 9-0, 5-0 | at Kent State | 14 | |
15 | Nebraska | 7-2, 4-2 | Minnesota | 10 | |
16 | Virginia Tech | 7-2, 5-1 | Georgia Tech | 23 | |
17 | Colorado | 7-2, 5-1 | at Arizona | 19 | |
18 | Boise State | 8-1, 4-1 | at Hawaii | 21 | |
19 | Houston | 7-2, 4-2 | Tulane | 15 | |
20 | Florida State | 6-3, 3-3 | Boston College | 17 | |
21 | North Carolina | 7-2, 5-1 | at Duke | 24 | |
22 | Baylor | 6-2, 3-2 | at Oklahoma | 11 | |
23 | LSU | 5-3, 3-2 | at Arkansas | 16 | |
24 | Tennessee | 6-3, 2-3 | Kentucky | 20 | |
25 | Utah | 7-2, 4-2 | at Arizona State | 25 |
8-0, 5-0 |