| RANKINGS | RESUME RANKS | FPI* | |||||
| TEAM | RECORD | AP POLL | SOS | SOR | GC | RAT | RK |
| Miami | 8-0 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 26.1 | 3 |
| Georgia | 7-1 | 2 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 25.4 | 4 |
| Utah | 8-0 | 3 | 83 | 5 | 5 | 18.4 | 10 |
| Notre Dame | 7-1 | 4 | 55 | 13 | 6 | 26.8 | 1 |
| UCLA | 8-0 | 5 | 77 | 3 | 15 | 12.2 | 28 |
| Indiana | 8-1 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 18 | 21.9 | 8 |
| BYU | 7-1 | 7 | 45 | 12 | 12 | 15.0 | 16 |
| Kentucky | 7-1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 13.0 | 26 |
| Alabama | 6-2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 24.5 | 6 |
| Texas | 6-2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 24.0 | 7 |
| Ohio State | 6-2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 26.2 | 2 |
| Ole Miss | 6-2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21.5 | 9 |
| Texas Tech | 7-1 | 13 | 68 | 17 | 31 | 16.8 | 13 |
| Wake Forest | 7-1 | 14 | 43 | 11 | 11 | 17.4 | 11 |
| LSU | 6-2 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 24.7 | 5 |
| Tennessee | 6-2 | 16 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 16.7 | 14 |
| Houston | 6-2 | 17 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 14.0 | 20 |
| USC | 7-2 | 18 | 27 | 14 | 17 | 15.0 | 15 |
| Missouri | 6-2 | 19 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 14.1 | 19 |
| Boise St | 7-1 | 20 | 79 | 19 | 23 | 11.1 | 32 |
| Iowa | 6-2 | 21 | 36 | 23 | 26 | 13.9 | 21 |
| New Mexico | 7-1 | 22 | 114 | 32 | 39 | 6.2 | 46 |
| South Carolina | 5-3 | 23 | 15 | 26 | 21 | 13.5 | 25 |
| Arizona | 6-2 | 24 | 52 | 30 | 14 | 13.0 | 27 |
| Florida | 5-3 | 25 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 13.9 | 22 |