Clemson moved up in the latest Amway Coaches Poll after defeating Notre Dame 24-22. The Tigers come in at No. 6 in the latest rankings. Florida State is No. 8.
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1st Place Votes | Prev | CHANGE | Hi/Low |
| 1 | Ohio State | 5-0 | 1523 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 |
| 2 | Texas Christian | 5-0 | 1435 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2/3 |
| 3 | Michigan State | 5-0 | 1409 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2/6 |
| 4 | Baylor | 4-0 | 1408 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4/5 |
| 5 | Louisiana State | 4-0 | 1257 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8/15 |
| 6 | Clemson | 4-0 | 1196 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 9/12 |
| 7 | Utah | 4-0 | 1118 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 12/NR |
| 8 | Florida State | 4-0 | 1067 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6/9 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | 4-0 | 1009 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 14/19 |
| 10 | Alabama | 4-1 | 990 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2/13 |
| 11 | Texas A&M | 5-0 | 983 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 15/NR |
| 12 | Florida | 5-0 | 755 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 23/NR |
| 13 | Mississippi | 4-1 | 727 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 5/15 |
| 14 | Northwestern | 5-0 | 707 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 17/NR |
| 15 | Notre Dame | 4-1 | 674 | 0 | 7 | -8 | 7/11 |
| 16 | Georgia | 4-1 | 562 | 0 | 6 | -10 | 6/9 |
| 17 | Southern California | 3-1 | 540 | 0 | 16 | -1 | 7/18 |
| 18 | Stanford | 4-1 | 535 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 20/NR |
| 19 | Oklahoma State | 5-0 | 519 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 19/NR |
| 20 | UCLA | 4-1 | 401 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 10/14 |
| 21 | Michigan | 4-1 | 322 | 0 | 26 | 5 | – |
| 22 | California | 5-0 | 311 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 24/NR |
| 23 | Iowa | 5-0 | 243 | 0 | 32 | 9 | – |
| 24 | Boise State | 4-1 | 100 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 22/NR |
| 25 | Memphis | 5-0 | 68 | 0 | 34 | 9 | – |