| Rank | Team | Record | Next Opponent | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Alabama | 8-0, 5-0 | bye | 1 |
| 2 |  | Penn State | 7-0, 4-0 | at Ohio State | 3 |
| 3 |  | Georgia | 7-0, 4-0 | vs Florida | 2 |
| 4 |  | Wisconsin | 7-0, 4-0 | at Illinois | 4 |
| 5 |  | TCU | 7-0, 4-0 | at Iowa State | 5 |
| 6 |  | Ohio State | 6-1, 4-0 | Penn State | 6 |
| 7 |  | Clemson | 6-1, 4-1 | Georgia Tech | 7 |
| 8 |  | Notre Dame | 6-1 | North Carolina State | 17 |
| 9 |  | Miami (FL) | 6-0, 4-0 | at North Carolina | 8 |
| 10 |  | Oklahoma State | 6-1, 3-1 | at West Virginia | 9 |
| 11 |  | Oklahoma | 6-1, 3-1 | Texas Tech | 12 |
| 12 |  | South Florida | 7-0, 4-0 | Houston | 13 |
| 13 |  | Virginia Tech | 6-1, 2-1 | Duke | 15 |
| 14 |  | Auburn | 6-2, 3-1 | bye | 14 |
| 15 |  | North Carolina State | 6-1, 4-0 | at Notre Dame | 16 |
| 16 |  | UCF | 6-0, 4-0 | Austin Peay | 19 |
| 17 |  | Stanford | 5-2, 4-1 | at Oregon State | 18 |
| 18 |  | USC | 6-2, 4-1 | at Arizona State | 10 |
| 19 |  | Michigan State | 6-1, 4-0 | at Northwestern | 20 |
| 20 |  | Washington | 6-1, 3-1 | UCLA | 21 |
| 21 |  | Washington State | 7-1, 4-1 | at Arizona | 22 |
| 22 |  | LSU | 6-2, 3-1 | bye | 23 |
| 23 |  | West Virginia | 5-2, 3-1 | Oklahoma State | 24 |
| 24 |  | Memphis | 6-1, 3-1 | Tulane | NR |
| 25 |  | Michigan | 5-2, 2-2 | Rutgers | 11 |
