| Rank | Team (FPV) | Conf | Rec | Pts | Last Week | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | < | 1 | Texas A&M (27) | Southwest | 9-0 | 939 | DNP |
| 1 | < | 4 | USC (25) | PCC | 6-0-1 | 939 | W 20-12 A #7 Notre Dame |
| 3 | < | 3 | Cornell (34) | Ind | 8-0 | 909 | W 26-0 A Penn |
| 4 | < | 2 | Tennessee (18) | SEC | 8-0 | 871 | |
| 5 | < | 5 | Tulane (4) | SEC | 7-0-1 | 670 | W 52-0 H Sewanee |
| 6 | < | 12 | Duquesne | Ind | 8-0 | 334 | W 22-7 N Carnegie Mellon |
| 7 | < | 8 | Duke (2) | Southern | 8-1 | 331 | |
| 8 | < | 10 | Missouri | Big 6 | 8-1 | 277 | |
| 9 | < | 9 | Iowa | Big Ten | 6-1-1 | 129 | |
| 10 | < | 11 | Holy Cross | Ind | 7-1 | 123 | DNP |
| 11 | < | 7 | Notre Dame | Ind | 7-2 | 105 | |
| 12 | < | 6 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 6-2 | 95 | |
| 13 | < | 13 | UCLA | PCC | 5-0-3 | 75.5 | |
| 14 | < | 15 | Clemson (1) | Southern | 8-1 | 46 | |
| 15 | < | NR | Michigan | Big Ten | 6-2 | 40.5 | |
| 16 | < | 17 | North Carolina | Southern | 7-1-1 | 40 | |
| 17 | < | 16 | Georgetown | Ind | 7-0-1 | 33 | DNP |
| 18 | < | NR | Nebraska | Big 6 | 7-1-1 | 30 | |
| 19 | < | NR | San Jose State | CCAA | 12-0 | 29 | W 42-7 H Fresno State |
| 20 | < | 17 | Santa Clara | Ind | 5-1-3 | 22 | |
| NR | < | 14 | Oklahoma | Big 6 | 6-2-1 | 0 | L 13-7 A Nebraska |
| NR | < | 19 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 0 | ||
| NR | < | 19 | Princeton | Ind | 0 | ||
| Conference | Teams | Avg Rank | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ind | 6 | 11.2 | 1526 |
| Big Ten | 3 | 12.0 | 264.5 |
| Southern | 3 | 12.3 | 417 |
| SEC | 2 | 4.5 | 1541 |
| PCC | 2 | 7.0 | 1014.5 |
| Big 6 | 2 | 13.0 | 307 |
| Southwest | 1 | 1.0 | 939 |
| CCAA | 1 | 19.0 | 29 |