| Rank | Team (FPV) | Conf | Rec | Pts | Last Week | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | < | 1 | Northwestern (17) | Big Ten | 7-0 | 337 | W 9-0 A Michigan |
| 2 | < | 2 | Minnesota (12) | Big Ten | 6-1 | 331 | W 47-19 H Texas |
| 3 | < | 3 | Fordham (4) | Ind | 5-0-1 | 257 | |
| 4 | < | 5 | Pittsburgh | Ind | 6-1-1 | 240 | |
| 5 | < | 7 | LSU (2) | SEC | 7-0-1 | 166 | |
| 6 | < | 10 | Washington (2) | PCC | 6-1-1 | 165 | |
| 7 | < | 8 | Marquette | Ind | 7-0 | 154 | W 33-0 H Mississippi |
| 8 | < | 4 | Alabama | SEC | 7-0-1 | 150 | W 20-16 A Georgia Tech |
| 9 | < | 9 | Santa Clara | Ind | 6-0 | 143 | |
| 10 | < | 11 | Penn | Ind | 6-1 | 25 | |
| 11 | < | NR | Notre Dame | Ind | 5-2 | 19 | |
| 12 | < | 12 | Dartmouth | Ind | 7-1 | 10 | W 20-6 A Cornell |
| 13 | < | 6 | Nebraska | Big 6 | 5-2 | 9 | |
| 14 | < | 15 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 7-1-1 | 8 | |
| 15 | < | 14 | Washington State | PCC | 6-1-1 | 7 | W 32-7 A UCLA |
| 16 | < | 13 | Duke | Southern | 8-1 | 6 | |
| 17 | < | 17 | Holy Cross | Ind | 7-1 | 5 | W 32-0 A Brown |
| 18 | < | NR | Ohio State | Big Ten | 4-3 | 4 | |
| 19 | < | NR | Tennessee | SEC | 5-2-1 | 3 | |
| 20 | < | 19 | Temple | Ind | 6-1-1 | 2 | W 6-0 N Villanova |
| 20 | < | NR | Duquesne | Ind | 6-2 | 2 | W 13-0 N Carnegie Mellon |
| NR | < | 15 | USC | PCC | 0 | ||
| NR | < | 18 | TCU | Southwest | 0 | ||
| NR | < | 19 | SMU | Southwest | 0 | ||
| Conference | Teams | Avg Rank | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ind | 10 | 11.3 | 857 |
| Big Ten | 3 | 7.0 | 672 |
| SEC | 3 | 10.7 | 319 |
| PCC | 2 | 10.5 | 172 |
| Big 6 | 1 | 13.0 | 9 |
| Southwest | 1 | 14.0 | 8 |
| Southern | 1 | 16.0 | 6 |