| RANKINGS | RESUME RANKS | FPI* | ||||||
| TEAM | RECORD | CFP | AP POLL | SOS | SOR | GC | RAT | RK |
| Georgia | 8-1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 27.2 | 2 |
| Utah | 9-0 | 2 | 2 | 67 | 4 | 5 | 18.7 | 10 |
| Alabama | 7-2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 26.1 | 3 |
| UCLA | 9-0 | 4 | 4 | 66 | 1 | 9 | 12.6 | 27 |
| Notre Dame | 8-1 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 27.3 | 1 |
| Texas | 7-2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 23.9 | 6 |
| Miami | 8-1 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 26.0 | 4 |
| Tennessee | 7-2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 18.5 | 11 |
| Indiana | 8-1 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 8 | 20 | 21.4 | 8 |
| BYU | 7-2 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 14.8 | 17 |
| Kentucky | 7-2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 11.3 | 35 |
| Texas Tech | 8-1 | 12 | 10 | 74 | 16 | 41 | 15.5 | 14 |
| Wake Forest | 8-1 | 13 | 11 | 60 | 10 | 12 | 17.8 | 13 |
| Houston | 7-2 | 14 | 14 | 38 | 20 | 10 | 13.9 | 21 |
| Iowa | 7-2 | 15 | 16 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 14.7 | 18 |
| Oregon | 6-3 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 19.7 | 9 |
| South Carolina | 6-3 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 23 | 14.1 | 19 |
| USC | 7-2 | 18 | 15 | 29 | 13 | 15 | 14.8 | 16 |
| Ole Miss | 6-3 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 18.3 | 12 |
| Ohio State | 6-3 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 24.4 | 5 |
| LSU | 6-3 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 22.5 | 7 |
| Missouri | 6-3 | 22 | -- | 27 | 26 | 22 | 12.9 | 25 |
| Arizona | 7-2 | 23 | 22 | 57 | 24 | 21 | 12.6 | 26 |
| Boise St | 8-1 | 24 | 17 | 79 | 19 | 14 | 11.7 | 33 |
| Oklahoma St | 6-3 | 25 | -- | 54 | 38 | 38 | 13.9 | 20 |