| Strength of | Offense | Defense | ||||||||
| School | Rank | Schedule | Power | Rank | Rank | |||||
| Ohio St. (1-0-0) | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| North Carolina St. (1-0-0) | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Texas Tech (0-1-0) | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 14 | |||||
| Florida St. (1-0-0) | 5 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Virginia (0-1-0) | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | |||||
| Arizona St. (0-1-0) | 7 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 13 | |||||
| Colorado St. (1-0-0) | 8 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Iowa St. (0-1-0) | 9 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 12 | |||||
| Wisconsin (1-0-0) | 10 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 5 | |||||
| Fresno St. (0-1-0) | 11 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | |||||
| Nebraska (1-0-0) | 12 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 7 | |||||
| New Mexico (0-1-0) | 13 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 |