| RANKINGS | RESUME RANKS | FPI* | ||||||
| TEAM | RECORD | CFP | AP POLL | SOS | SOR | GC | RAT | RK |
| Indiana | 16-0 | -- | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 31.5 | 1 |
| Miami | 13-3 | -- | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22.4 | 5 |
| Ole Miss | 13-2 | -- | 3 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 19.3 | 9 |
| Oregon | 13-2 | -- | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23.9 | 4 |
| Ohio State | 12-2 | -- | 5 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 27.6 | 2 |
| Georgia | 12-2 | -- | 6 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 21.4 | 7 |
| Texas Tech | 12-2 | -- | 7 | 46 | 11 | 5 | 21.5 | 6 |
| Texas A&M | 11-2 | -- | 8 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 18.4 | 12 |
| Alabama | 11-4 | -- | 9 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 19.0 | 10 |
| Notre Dame | 10-2 | -- | 10 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 25.3 | 3 |
| BYU | 12-2 | -- | 11 | 29 | 8 | 17 | 15.3 | 17 |
| Texas | 10-3 | -- | 12 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 18.6 | 11 |
| Oklahoma | 10-3 | -- | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 15.9 | 15 |
| Utah | 11-2 | -- | 14 | 60 | 15 | 12 | 20.1 | 8 |
| Vanderbilt | 10-3 | -- | 15 | 28 | 14 | 18 | 17.0 | 14 |
| Virginia | 11-3 | -- | 16 | 76 | 23 | 32 | 8.2 | 36 |
| Iowa | 9-4 | -- | 17 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 15.3 | 18 |
| Tulane | 11-3 | -- | 18 | 65 | 22 | 31 | 3.7 | 54 |
| James Madison | 12-2 | -- | 19 | 82 | 21 | 44 | 10.3 | 27 |
| USC | 9-4 | -- | 20 | 30 | 20 | 21 | 18.0 | 13 |
| Michigan | 9-4 | -- | 21 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 14.2 | 20 |
| Houston | 10-3 | -- | 22 | 70 | 24 | 56 | 4.4 | 50 |
| Navy | 11-2 | -- | 23 | 75 | 17 | 60 | 0.5 | 68 |
| North Texas | 12-2 | -- | 24 | 109 | 26 | 37 | 7.0 | 41 |
| TCU | 9-4 | -- | 25 | 50 | 27 | 24 | 9.4 | 32 |