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 | 1502 | 50 | 1 | 1/1 | |
| 2 | Alabama Crimson Tide |
3-0 | 1408 | 1 | 2 | 2/2 | |
| 3 | Oregon Ducks |
3-0 | 1399 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4/4 |
| 4 | Oklahoma Sooners |
3-0 | 1390 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3/3 |
| 5 | Auburn Tigers |
2-0 | 1297 | 0 | 5 | 5/5 | |
| 6 | Baylor Bears |
3-0 | 1179 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7/10 |
| 7 | Texas A&M Aggies |
3-0 | 1159 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8/20 |
| 8 | LSU Tigers |
3-0 | 1107 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9/13 |
| 9 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
3-0 | 966 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 11/17 |
| 10 | UCLA Bruins |
3-0 | 861 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7/12 |
| 11 | Michigan State Spartans |
1-1 | 776 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6/13 |
| 12 | Ole Miss Rebels |
3-0 | 769 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 15/19 |
| 13 | Arizona State Sun Devils |
3-0 | 732 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 14/18 |
| 14 | Georgia Bulldogs |
1-1 | 693 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 6/12 |
| 15 | Stanford Cardinal |
2-1 | 561 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 10/16 |
| 16 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
2-1 | 529 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 9/23 |
| 17 | Wisconsin Badgers |
1-1 | 436 | 0 | 17 | 14/19 | |
| 18 | Ohio State Buckeyes |
2-1 | 402 | 0 | 18 | 6/18 | |
| 19 | Missouri Tigers |
3-0 | 382 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 22/NR |
| 20 | Kansas State Wildcats |
2-0 | 381 | 0 | 20 | 20/21 | |
| 21 | USC Trojans |
2-1 | 338 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 10/15 |
| 22 | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
3-0 | 325 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 18/22 |
| 23 | BYU Cougars |
3-0 | 222 | 0 | 27 | 4 | — |
| 24 | Clemson Tigers |
1-1 | 207 | 0 | 24 | 16/24 | |
| 25 | North Carolina Tar Heels |
2-0 | 128 | 0 | 25 | 23/25 |