| RANKINGS | RESUME RANKS | FPI* | |||||
| TEAM | RECORD | AP POLL | SOS | SOR | GC | RAT | RK |
| Florida St | 14-0 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 33.2 | 1 |
| Auburn | 12-2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 19.9 | 12 |
| Michigan St | 13-1 | 3 | 55 | 3 | 14 | 17.0 | 20 |
| South Carolina | 11-2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 20.7 | 10 |
| Missouri | 12-2 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 21.2 | 9 |
| Oklahoma | 11-2 | 6 | 33 | 4 | 19 | 18.3 | 19 |
| Alabama | 11-2 | 7 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 28.9 | 2 |
| Clemson | 11-2 | 8 | 51 | 11 | 16 | 20.0 | 11 |
| Oregon | 11-2 | 9 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 27.2 | 3 |
| UCF | 12-1 | 10 | 73 | 8 | 27 | 10.8 | 34 |
| Stanford | 11-3 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 23.5 | 5 |
| Ohio State | 12-2 | 12 | 57 | 16 | 10 | 22.1 | 7 |
| Baylor | 11-2 | 13 | 52 | 13 | 9 | 25.5 | 4 |
| LSU | 10-3 | 14 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 19.4 | 15 |
| Louisville | 12-1 | 15 | 103 | 19 | 8 | 16.1 | 21 |
| UCLA | 10-3 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 19.7 | 14 |
| Oklahoma St | 10-3 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 22.4 | 6 |
| Texas A&M | 9-4 | 18 | 32 | 21 | 22 | 18.8 | 16 |
| USC | 10-4 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 15.7 | 22 |
| Notre Dame | 9-4 | 20 | 31 | 22 | 42 | 12.6 | 50 |
| Arizona St | 10-4 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 20 | 21.9 | 8 |
| Wisconsin | 9-4 | 22 | 50 | 27 | 15 | 18.5 | 17 |
| Duke | 10-4 | 23 | 56 | 29 | 52 | 6.5 | 48 |
| Vanderbilt | 9-4 | 24 | 48 | 25 | 47 | 5.7 | 51 |
| Washington | 9-4 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 19.8 | 13 |