| Rank | Team (FPV) | Conf | Rec | Pts | Last Week | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | < | 2 | Texas A&M (38) | Southwest | 9-0 | 963 | W 19-0 A Rice |
| 2 | < | 1 | Tennessee (33) | SEC | 8-0 | 898 | W 13-0 H Vanderbilt |
| 3 | < | 4 | Cornell (20) | Ind | 7-0 | 865 | W 35-6 A Dartmouth |
| 4 | < | 3 | USC (11) | PCC | 5-0-1 | 764 | |
| 5 | < | 6 | Tulane (3) | SEC | 6-0-1 | 659 | W 25-0 A Columbia |
| 6 | < | 8 | Ohio State (1) | Big Ten | 6-1 | 420 | |
| 7 | < | 9 | Notre Dame | Ind | 7-1 | 314.5 | |
| 8 | < | 13 | Duke (2) | Southern | 7-1 | 259 | |
| 9 | < | 15 | Iowa (1) | Big Ten | 6-1 | 224 | |
| 10 | < | 12 | Missouri | Big 6 | 7-1 | 202.5 | |
| 11 | < | 18 | Holy Cross | Ind | 7-1 | 133 | W 21-0 H Carnegie Mellon |
| 12 | < | 10 | Duquesne | Ind | 7-0 | 110 | DNP |
| 13 | < | 11 | UCLA | PCC | 5-0-2 | 62 | |
| 14 | < | 5 | Oklahoma | Big 6 | 6-1-1 | 61 | L 7-6 A #12 Missouri |
| 15 | < | 16 | Clemson (1) | Southern | 7-1 | 33 | |
| 16 | < | NR | Georgetown | Ind | 7-0-1 | 17 | W 14-0 A New York |
| 17 | < | 7 | North Carolina | Southern | 7-1-1 | 11 | |
| 17 | < | 14 | Santa Clara | Ind | 4-1-3 | 11 | |
| 19 | < | NR | Georgia Tech | SEC | 5-2 | 7 | |
| 19 | < | NR | Princeton | Ind | 6-1 | 7 | W 13-7 A Yale |
| NR | < | 17 | SMU | Southwest | 0 | ||
| NR | < | 19 | Oregon State | PCC | 0 | ||
| NR | < | 20 | Dartmouth | Ind | 0 | ||
| NR | < | 20 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 0 | L 13-9 A #15 Iowa | |
| Conference | Teams | Avg Rank | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ind | 7 | 12.1 | 1457.5 |
| SEC | 3 | 8.7 | 1564 |
| Southern | 3 | 13.3 | 303 |
| Big Ten | 2 | 7.5 | 644 |
| PCC | 2 | 8.5 | 826 |
| Big 6 | 2 | 12.0 | 263.5 |
| Southwest | 1 | 1.0 | 963 |