Rank | Team | Record | Next Opponent | Prior | |
1 | Ohio State | 6-0, 2-0 | Penn State | 1 | |
2 | Michigan State | 6-0, 2-0 | at Michigan | 2 | |
3 | TCU | 6-0, 3-0 | at Iowa State | 3 | |
4 | Baylor | 5-0, 2-0 | West Virginia | 4 | |
5 | Clemson | 5-0, 2-0 | Boston College | 5 | |
6 | Alabama | 5-1, 2-1 | at Texas A&M | 6 | |
7 | LSU | 5-0, 2-0 | Florida | 7 | |
8 | Utah | 5-0, 2-0 | Arizona State | 8 | |
9 | Florida State | 5-0, 2-0 | Louisville | 9 | |
10 | Mississippi | 5-1, 2-1 | at Memphis | 10 | |
11 | UCLA | 4-1, 1-1 | at Stanford | 11 | |
12 | Notre Dame | 5-1 | USC | 12 | |
13 | Florida | 6-0, 4-0 | at LSU | 20 | |
14 | Texas A&M | 5-0, 2-0 | Alabama | 16 | |
15 | Michigan | 5-1, 2-0 | Michigan State | 22 | |
16 | Oklahoma State | 6-0, 3-0 | bye | 17 | |
17 | Stanford | 4-1, 3-0 | UCLA | 19 | |
18 | Boise State | 5-1, 2-0 | at Utah State | 23 | |
19 | Oklahoma | 4-1, 1-1 | at Kansas State | 14 | |
20 | Toledo | 5-0, 2-0 | Eastern Michigan | 24 | |
21 | Memphis | 5-0, 2-0 | Mississippi | NR | |
22 | Iowa | 6-0, 2-0 | at Northwestern | 25 | |
23 | Duke | 5-1, 2-0 | bye | NR | |
24 | USC | 3-2, 1-2 | at Notre Dame | 15 | |
25 | Temple | 5-0, 2-0 | UCF | NR |