Clemson remained at No. 6 in the latest Coaches Poll.
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1st Place Votes | Prev | CHANGE | Hi/Low |
| 1 | Ohio State | 7-0 | 1547 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 |
| 2 | Baylor | 6-0 | 1488 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2/5 |
| 3 | Texas Christian | 7-0 | 1417 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2/3 |
| 4 | Michigan State | 7-0 | 1334 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2/6 |
| 5 | Louisiana State | 6-0 | 1324 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5/15 |
| 6 | Clemson | 6-0 | 1271 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6/12 |
| 7 | Utah | 6-0 | 1258 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7/NR |
| 8 | Alabama | 6-1 | 1123 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2/13 |
| 9 | Florida State | 6-0 | 1111 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 6/9 |
| 10 | Notre Dame | 6-1 | 924 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7/15 |
| 11 | Stanford | 5-1 | 898 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 16/NR |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | 6-0 | 839 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 15/NR |
| 13 | Iowa | 7-0 | 833 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 17/NR |
| 14 | Florida | 6-1 | 751 | 0 | 11 | -3 | 11/NR |
| 15 | Oklahoma | 5-1 | 665 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 9/19 |
| 16 | Texas A&M | 5-1 | 623 | 0 | 10 | -6 | 10/NR |
| 17 | Memphis | 6-0 | 544 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 22/NR |
| 17 | Michigan | 5-2 | 544 | 0 | 14 | -3 | 14/NR |
| 19 | California | 5-1 | 370 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 22/NR |
| 20 | Toledo | 6-0 | 322 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 25/NR |
| 21 | Duke | 5-1 | 305 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 24/NR |
| 22 | Houston | 6-0 | 289 | 0 | 26 | 4 | – |
| 23 | Mississippi | 5-2 | 201 | 0 | 12 | -11 | 5/15 |
| 24 | Temple | 6-0 | 163 | 0 | 27 | 3 | – |
| 25 | Georgia | 5-2 | 95 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 6/NR |