| AP Top 25 | |||||||||
| RK | Team | W-L | Points | Prev | Next | Last | |||
| 1 | Florida (55) | 4-0 | 1490 | 1 | LSU | W41-7 at Kentucky | |||
| 2 | Texas (1) | 4-0 | 1420 | 2 | Colorado | W64-7 UTEP | |||
| 3 | Alabama (3) | 4-0 | 1400 | 3 | Kentucky | W35-7 Arkansas | |||
| 4 | LSU | 4-0 | 1225 | 7 | Georgia | W30-26 at Mississippi State | |||
| 5 | Boise State | 4-0 | 1203 | 8 | California-Davis | W49-14 at Bowling Green | |||
| 6 | Virginia Tech | 3-1 | 1190 | 11 | Duke | W31-7 Miami (FL) | |||
| 7 | USC | 3-1 | 998 | 12 | California | W27-6 Washington State | |||
| 8 | Oklahoma | 2-1 | 979 | 10 | Miami (FL) | W45-0 Tulsa | |||
| 9 | Ohio State | 3-1 | 957 | 13 | Indiana | W30-0 Illinois | |||
| 10 | Cincinnati | 4-0 | 946 | 14 | Miami (OH) | W28-20 Fresno State | |||
| 11 | TCU | 3-0 | 896 | 15 | Southern Methodist | W14-10 at Clemson | |||
| 12 | Houston | 3-0 | 844 | 17 | UTEP | W29-28 Texas Tech | |||
| 13 | Iowa | 4-0 | 788 | 31 | Arkansas State | W21-10 at Penn State | |||
| 14 | Oklahoma State | 3-1 | 591 | 16 | Texas A&M | W56-6 Grambling State | |||
| 15 | Penn State | 3-1 | 470 | 5 | Illinois | L10-21 Iowa | |||
| 16 | Oregon | 3-1 | 462 | 32 | Washington State | W42-3 California | |||
| 17 | Miami (FL) | 2-1 | 452 | 9 | Oklahoma | L7-31 at Virginia Tech | |||
| 18 | Kansas | 4-0 | 418 | 20 | Iowa State | W35-28 Southern Miss | |||
| 18 | Georgia | 3-1 | 418 | 21 | LSU | W20-17 Arizona State | |||
| 20 | Brigham Young | 3-1 | 349 | 19 | Utah State | W42-23 Colorado State | |||
| 21 | Mississippi | 2-1 | 340 | 4 | Vanderbilt | L10-16 at South Carolina | |||
| 22 | Michigan | 4-0 | 271 | 23 | Michigan State | W36-33 Indiana | |||
| 23 | Nebraska | 3-1 | 256 | 25 | Missouri | W55-0 Louisiana-Lafayette | |||
| 24 | California | 3-1 | 206 | 6 | USC | L3-42 at Oregon | |||
| 25 | Georgia Tech | 3-1 | 185 | 27 | Mississippi State | W24-7 North Carolina | |||
Others receiving votes:
Missouri 175, Auburn 171, South Carolina 154, South Florida 145, UCLA 41, Utah 25, Wisconsin 20, Notre Dame 7, Arizona State 4, North Carolina 2, Stanford 2.
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