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




