| RANKINGS | RESUME RANKS | FPI | ||||||
| TEAM | RECORD | CFP | AP POLL | SOS | SOR | GC | RAT | RK |
| Ohio State | 1-0 | -- | 1 | 13 | 50 | 23 | 30.0 | 2 |
| Georgia | 1-0 | -- | 2 | 20 | 77 | 7 | 24.9 | 5 |
| Notre Dame | 1-0 | -- | 3 | 52 | 8 | 49 | 27.0 | 3 |
| Texas | 1-0 | -- | 4 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 30.3 | 1 |
| Indiana | 1-0 | -- | 5 | 38 | 22 | 22 | 24.3 | 6 |
| Oregon | 1-0 | -- | 6 | 29 | 5 | 86 | 22.7 | 8 |
| Miami | 1-0 | -- | 7 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 25.4 | 4 |
| LSU | 1-0 | -- | 8 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 24.1 | 7 |
| Ole Miss | 1-0 | -- | 9 | 7 | 1 | 46 | 15.5 | 16 |
| Texas A&M | 1-0 | -- | 10 | 6 | 40 | 45 | 21.3 | 10 |
| Oklahoma | 1-0 | -- | 11 | 4 | 51 | 17 | 19.2 | 11 |
| Alabama | 1-0 | -- | 12 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 22.5 | 9 |
| Texas Tech | 1-0 | -- | 13 | 71 | 41 | 26 | 18.4 | 12 |
| USC | 2-0 | -- | 14 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 17.5 | 13 |
| BYU | 1-0 | -- | 15 | 45 | 75 | 31 | 14.1 | 19 |
| Penn State | 1-0 | -- | 16 | 64 | 34 | 10 | 17.2 | 14 |
| SMU | 1-0 | -- | 17 | 48 | -- | -- | 11.1 | 24 |
| Tennessee | 1-0 | -- | 18 | 8 | 66 | 58 | 15.3 | 18 |
| Washington | 1-0 | -- | 19 | 24 | 19 | 60 | 9.5 | 30 |
| Utah | 1-0 | -- | 20 | 66 | 53 | 37 | 11.2 | 23 |
| Iowa | 1-0 | -- | 21 | 41 | 45 | 4 | 11.0 | 26 |
| Houston | 1-0 | -- | 22 | 59 | 25 | 63 | 6.5 | 41 |
| Missouri | 1-0 | -- | 23 | 10 | 85 | 44 | 10.2 | 29 |
| Louisville | 0-1 | -- | 24 | 58 | 93 | 38 | 10.8 | 28 |
| Virginia | 1-0 | -- | 25 | 65 | 12 | 15 | 11.1 | 25 |