Clemson remained at No. 24 in the latest USA Today Coaches Poll.
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | FIRST PLACE VOTES | PREVIOUS RANK | CHANGE | HI/LOW* |
| 1 | Florida State Seminoles |
2-0 | 1529 | 51 | 1 | 1/1 | |
| 2 | Alabama Crimson Tide |
2-0 | 1435 | 1 | 2 | 2/2 | |
| 3 | Oklahoma Sooners |
2-0 | 1408 | 3 | 3 | 3/3 | |
| 4 | Oregon Ducks |
2-0 | 1407 | 6 | 4 | 4/4 | |
| 5 | Auburn Tigers |
2-0 | 1312 | 0 | 5 | 5/5 | |
| 6 | Georgia Bulldogs |
1-0 | 1209 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6/12 |
| 7 | Baylor Bears |
2-0 | 1135 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7/10 |
| 8 | Texas A&M Aggies |
2-0 | 1090 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8/20 |
| 9 | LSU Tigers |
2-0 | 1034 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9/13 |
| 10 | USC Trojans |
2-0 | 999 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 10/15 |
| 11 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
2-0 | 858 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 11/17 |
| 12 | UCLA Bruins |
2-0 | 812 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 7/12 |
| 13 | Michigan State Spartans |
1-1 | 716 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6/13 |
| 14 | Arizona State Sun Devils |
2-0 | 646 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 14/18 |
| 15 | Ole Miss Rebels |
2-0 | 609 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 15/19 |
| 16 | Stanford Cardinal |
1-1 | 585 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 10/16 |
| 17 | Wisconsin Badgers |
1-1 | 409 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 14/19 |
| 18 | Ohio State Buckeyes |
1-1 | 402 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 6/18 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech Hokies |
2-0 | 349 | 0 | 38 | 19 | 19/NR |
| 20 | Kansas State Wildcats |
2-0 | 333 | 0 | 20 | 20/21 | |
| 21 | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
2-0 | 310 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 18/22 |
| 22 | Missouri Tigers |
2-0 | 281 | 0 | 22 | 22/NR | |
| 23 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
1-1 | 232 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 9/23 |
| 24 | Clemson Tigers |
1-1 | 212 | 0 | 24 | 16/24 | |
| 25 | North Carolina Tar Heels |
2-0 | 129 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 23/25 |