| Rank | CFB Rank | AP | Coaches | ESPN FPI | Sagarin | CFP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ohio State
|
Ohio State
|
Ohio State
|
Ohio State
|
Ohio State
|
- |
| 2 |
Indiana
|
Indiana
|
Indiana
|
Indiana
|
Notre Dame
|
- |
| 3 |
Texas Tech
|
Georgia
|
Georgia
|
Notre Dame
|
Indiana
|
- |
| 4 |
Oregon
|
Oregon
|
Oregon
|
Oregon
|
Oregon
|
- |
| 5 |
BYU
|
Texas Tech
|
Ole Miss
|
Texas Tech
|
Texas Tech
|
- |
| 6 |
Georgia
|
Ole Miss
|
Texas Tech
|
Alabama
|
Miami
|
- |
| 7 |
Notre Dame
|
Texas A&M
|
Texas A&M
|
Miami
|
Alabama
|
- |
| 8 |
Texas A&M
|
Oklahoma
|
Oklahoma
|
Georgia
|
Georgia
|
- |
| 9 |
Ole Miss
|
Notre Dame
|
Notre Dame
|
Utah
|
Texas A&M
|
- |
| 10 |
Alabama
|
Alabama
|
Alabama
|
Texas A&M
|
Ole Miss
|
- |
| 11 |
Utah
|
BYU
|
BYU
|
USC
|
Vanderbilt
|
- |
| 12 |
Miami
|
Miami
|
Vanderbilt
|
Ole Miss
|
Texas
|
- |
| 13 |
Oklahoma
|
Vanderbilt
|
Miami
|
Texas
|
Oklahoma
|
- |
| 14 |
Virginia
|
Texas
|
Texas
|
Vanderbilt
|
Penn State
|
- |
| 15 |
Vanderbilt
|
Utah
|
Utah
|
BYU
|
Utah
|
- |
| 16 |
USC
|
Virginia
|
Virginia
|
Oklahoma
|
Iowa
|
- |
| 17 |
Michigan
|
USC
|
USC
|
Penn State
|
USC
|
- |
| 18 |
Texas
|
Michigan
|
Michigan
|
Tennessee
|
Washington
|
- |
| 19 |
James Madison
|
James Madison
|
James Madison
|
Michigan
|
Missouri
|
- |
| 20 |
North Texas
|
North Texas
|
North Texas
|
Iowa
|
BYU
|
- |
| 21 |
Arizona
|
Tulane
|
Tulane
|
Missouri
|
SMU
|
- |
| 22 |
Houston
|
Arizona
|
Arizona
|
Washington
|
Tennessee
|
- |
| 23 |
Georgia Tech
|
Navy
|
Georgia Tech
|
SMU
|
Michigan
|
- |
| 24 |
Iowa
|
Georgia Tech
|
Tennessee
|
LSU
|
LSU
|
- |
| 25 |
SMU
|
Missouri
|
Navy
|
Auburn
|
Clemson
|
- |