Clemson made a move up in the latest Amway Coaches Poll released on Sunday. The Tigers are up to No. 2 in this week’s poll.
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1st Place Votes | Prev | CHANGE | Hi/Low |
| 1 | Ohio State | 9-0 | 1526 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 |
| 2 | Clemson | 9-0 | 1511 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 5/12 |
| 3 | Baylor | 8-0 | 1439 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 2/5 |
| 4 | Alabama | 8-1 | 1410 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2/13 |
| 5 | Oklahoma State | 9-0 | 1267 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 10/NR |
| 6 | Notre Dame | 8-1 | 1234 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7/15 |
| 7 | Stanford | 8-1 | 1197 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8/NR |
| 8 | Iowa | 9-0 | 1119 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 11/NR |
| 9 | Louisiana State | 7-1 | 1023 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 4/15 |
| 10 | Florida | 8-1 | 949 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 11/NR |
| 11 | Oklahoma | 8-1 | 936 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 9/19 |
| 12 | Texas Christian | 8-1 | 898 | 0 | 3 | -9 | 2/3 |
| 13 | Utah | 8-1 | 862 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 7/NR |
| 14 | Michigan State | 8-1 | 849 | 0 | 6 | -8 | 2/6 |
| 15 | Michigan | 7-2 | 683 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 14/NR |
| 16 | Houston | 9-0 | 577 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 18/NR |
| 17 | North Carolina | 8-1 | 524 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 21/NR |
| 18 | Florida State | 7-2 | 413 | 0 | 15 | -3 | 6/15 |
| 18 | UCLA | 7-2 | 413 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 10/NR |
| 20 | Mississippi State | 7-2 | 356 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 22/NR |
| 21 | Temple | 8-1 | 323 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 22/NR |
| 22 | Wisconsin | 8-2 | 227 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 18/NR |
| 23 | Navy | 7-1 | 212 | 0 | 27 | 4 | – |
| 24 | Northwestern | 7-2 | 166 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 14/NR |
| 25 | Memphis | 8-1 | 147 | 0 | 16 | -9 | 16/NR |