| Rank | Team | Prior | |||
| 1 |  | Florida | 1 | ||
| 2 |  | Vanderbilt | 2 | ||
| 3 |  | Arkansas | 9 | ||
| 4 |  | Louisville | 3 | ||
| 5 |  | Ole Miss | 4 | ||
| 6 |  | Miami (FL) | 5 | ||
| 7 |  | UCLA | 6 | ||
| 8 |  | Texas Tech | 7 | ||
| 9 |  | Mississippi State | 8 | ||
| 10 |  | TCU | 10 | ||
| 11 |  | Oklahoma State | 11 | ||
| 12 |  | UCSB | 13 | ||
| 13 |  | Georgia Tech | 21 | ||
| 14 |  | LSU | 14 | ||
| 15 |  | Georgia | 16 | ||
| 16 |  | Arizona | 17 | ||
| 17 |  | East Carolina | 18 | ||
| 18 |  | Auburn | 20 | ||
| 19 |  | West Virginia | 23 | ||
| 20 |  | Tennessee | 19 | ||
| 21 |  | South Carolina | NR | ||
| 22 |  | Arizona State | 24 | ||
| 23 |  | NC State | 12 | ||
| 24 |  | Virginia | 25 | ||
| 25 |  | Alabama | NR | ||
