Clemson remained in the top ten in the latest coaches poll, but they did drop a spot coming in at No. 10 this week. Florida State fell one spot to No. 7. Georgia Tech fell to No. 20.
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1st Place Votes | Prev | CHANGE | Hi/Low |
| 1 | Ohio State | 3-0 | 1594 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 |
| 2 | Texas Christian | 3-0 | 1482 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2/3 |
| 3 | Michigan State | 3-0 | 1477 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3/6 |
| 4 | Baylor | 2-0 | 1364 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4/5 |
| 5 | Mississippi | 3-0 | 1292 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5/15 |
| 6 | Georgia | 3-0 | 1262 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6/9 |
| 7 | Florida State | 3-0 | 1119 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 6/8 |
| 8 | Notre Dame | 3-0 | 1109 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8/11 |
| 9 | Louisiana State | 2-0 | 1085 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9/15 |
| 10 | Clemson | 3-0 | 1022 | 0 | 9 | -1 | 9/12 |
| 11 | UCLA | 3-0 | 968 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 11/14 |
| 12 | Alabama | 2-1 | 883 | 0 | 2 | -10 | 2/12 |
| 13 | Oregon | 2-1 | 855 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5/13 |
| 14 | Oklahoma | 3-0 | 790 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 14/19 |
| 15 | Texas A&M | 3-0 | 745 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 15/NR |
| 16 | Arizona | 3-0 | 605 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 16/22 |
| 17 | Utah | 3-0 | 501 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 17/NR |
| 18 | Southern California | 2-1 | 461 | 0 | 7 | -11 | 7/18 |
| 19 | Northwestern | 3-0 | 347 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 19/NR |
| 20 | Georgia Tech | 2-1 | 338 | 0 | 16 | -4 | 16/20 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 2-1 | 274 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 18/24 |
| 22 | Oklahoma State | 3-0 | 242 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 22/NR |
| 23 | Missouri | 3-0 | 234 | 0 | 20 | -3 | 20/23 |
| 24 | Stanford | 2-1 | 133 | 0 | NR | 0 | 21/NR |
| 25 | Auburn | 2-1 | 79 | 0 | 15 | -10 | 7/25 |