| | | | Strength of | | | | Offense | | Defense |
| School | | Rank | | Schedule | | Power | | Rank | | Rank |
| Oklahoma (8-1-0) | | 1 | | 23 | | 4 | | 1 | | 16 |
| Miami (Fla.) values (9-0-0) | | 2 | | 63 | | 1 | | 3 | | 30 |
| Kansas St. (8-2-0) | | 3 | | 34 | | 15 | | 4 | | 1 |
| Georgia (9-1-0) | | 4 | | 25 | | 3 | | 14 | | 5 |
| Southern California (7-2-0) | | 5 | | 3 | | 11 | | 9 | | 27 |
| Ohio St. (11-0-0) | | 6 | | 65 | | 2 | | 48 | | 2 |
| Texas (9-1-0) | | 7 | | 38 | | 5 | | 16 | | 6 |
| Iowa (10-1-0) | | 8 | | 84 | | 9 | | 17 | | 13 |
| Washington St. (9-1-0) | | 9 | | 48 | | 6 | | 21 | | 36 |
| Boise St. (9-1-0) | | 10 | | 115 | | 12 | | 2 | | 17 |
| Penn St. (7-3-0) | | 11 | | 11 | | 25 | | 15 | | 11 |
| Maryland (8-2-0) | | 12 | | 58 | | 17 | | 13 | | 9 |
| Michigan (8-1-1) | | 13 | | 36 | | 8 | | 51 | | 23 |
| Alabama (8-2-0) | | 14 | | 40 | | 16 | | 50 | | 4 |
| Florida St. (7-3-0) | | 15 | | 4 | | 22 | | 22 | | 40 |
| Notre Dame (8-1-1) | | 16 | | 28 | | 7 | | 86 | | 8 |
| Colorado St. (8-1-1) | | 17 | | 59 | | 10 | | 26 | | 58 |
| Arkansas (6-3-0) | | 18 | | 5 | | 29 | | 32 | | 47 |
| Virginia Tech (8-2-0) | | 19 | | 76 | | 19 | | 24 | | 24 |
| North Carolina St. (9-2-0) | | 20 | | 99 | | 20 | | 28 | | 7 |
| LSU (7-2-0) | | 21 | | 46 | | 21 | | 53 | | 22 |
| Bowling Green (8-1-0) | | 22 | | 114 | | 14 | | 8 | | 61 |
| Florida (7-3-0) | | 23 | | 10 | | 24 | | 67 | | 31 |
| Pittsburgh (8-2-0) | | 24 | | 67 | | 18 | | 69 | | 15 |
| Colorado (7-3-0) | | 25 | | 15 | | 27 | | 34 | | 52 |
| Northern Ill. (7-3-0) | | 26 | | 17 | | 28 | | 45 | | 39 |
| TCU (8-1-0) | | 27 | | 113 | | 13 | | 35 | | 18 |
| California (6-4-0) | | 28 | | 8 | | 42 | | 23 | | 49 |
| South Fla. (7-2-0) | | 29 | | 95 | | 23 | | 46 | | 10 |
| Auburn (7-3-0) | | 30 | | 79 | | 33 | | 39 | | 14 |
| Boston College (5-4-0) | | 31 | | 14 | | 51 | | 19 | | 33 |
| Hawaii (7-2-0) | | 32 | | 102 | | 26 | | 6 | | 102 |
| Iowa St. (7-4-0) | | 33 | | 9 | | 34 | | 49 | | 72 |
| Texas Tech (7-4-0) | | 34 | | 37 | | 41 | | 11 | | 88 |
| Marshall (6-2-0) | | 35 | | 111 | | 31 | | 5 | | 89 |
| UCLA (7-3-0) | | 36 | | 61 | | 30 | | 41 | | 55 |
| Oregon (7-3-0) | | 37 | | 68 | | 32 | | 27 | | 73 |
| Toledo (6-3-0) | | 38 | | 87 | | 43 | | 7 | | 97 |
| Oregon St. (6-4-0) | | 39 | | 69 | | 49 | | 30 | | 28 |
| Nebraska (7-4-0) | | 40 | | 31 | | 39 | | 59 | | 45 |
| West Virginia (7-3-0) | | 41 | | 96 | | 37 | | 37 | | 42 |
| Tennessee (5-4-0) | | 42 | | 24 | | 52 | | 74 | | 19 |
| Minnesota (7-3-0) | | 43 | | 91 | | 35 | | 43 | | 50 |
| Cincinnati (4-5-0) | | 44 | | 6 | | 62 | | 12 | | 74 |
| Air Force (7-3-0) | | 45 | | 109 | | 40 | | 18 | | 43 |
| Miami (Ohio) values (7-3-0) | | 46 | | 93 | | 36 | | 40 | | 51 |
| Texas A&M (6-4-0) | | 47 | | 51 | | 45 | | 61 | | 32 |
| Southern Miss. (6-3-0) | | 48 | | 75 | | 38 | | 79 | | 25 |
| Kentucky (6-4-0) | | 49 | | 64 | | 48 | | 42 | | 44 |
| Wisconsin (6-5-0) | | 50 | | 22 | | 53 | | 66 | | 37 |
| Purdue (4-6-0) | | 51 | | 7 | | 68 | | 38 | | 35 |
| Virginia (6-4-0) | | 52 | | 73 | | 50 | | 33 | | 63 |
| Georgia Tech (6-4-0) | | 53 | | 53 | | 46 | | 89 | | 26 |
| Arizona St. (7-4-0) | | 54 | | 81 | | 44 | | 31 | | 79 |
| Oklahoma St. (4-5-0) | | 55 | | 27 | | 67 | | 10 | | 87 |
| Clemson (6-4-0) | | 56 | | 55 | | 47 | | 71 | | 64 |
| North Texas (5-5-0) | | 57 | | 45 | | 59 | | 98 | | 3 |
| Washington (5-5-0) | | 58 | | 52 | | 60 | | 36 | | 62 |
| Mississippi (5-5-0) | | 59 | | 42 | | 58 | | 58 | | 57 |
| Louisville (5-4-0) | | 60 | | 90 | | 56 | | 29 | | 71 |
| Tulane (6-4-0) | | 61 | | 107 | | 54 | | 52 | | 34 |
| Wake Forest (5-5-0) | | 62 | | 62 | | 61 | | 55 | | 54 |
| South Carolina (5-5-0) | | 63 | | 30 | | 57 | | 105 | | 21 |
| Missouri (4-6-0) | | 64 | | 16 | | 71 | | 54 | | 68 |
| Fresno St. (4-5-1) | | 65 | | 57 | | 65 | | 44 | | 84 |
| Illinois (4-6-0) | | 66 | | 39 | | 74 | | 62 | | 46 |
| New Mexico St. (6-4-0) | | 67 | | 110 | | 55 | | 72 | | 56 |
| Brigham Young (5-5-0) | | 68 | | 72 | | 63 | | 91 | | 60 |
| Nevada (5-5-0) | | 69 | | 80 | | 64 | | 68 | | 80 |
| Michigan St. (4-6-0) | | 70 | | 19 | | 72 | | 76 | | 90 |
| Central Fla. (4-5-0) | | 71 | | 108 | | 76 | | 20 | | 65 |
| New Mexico (5-5-0) | | 72 | | 100 | | 66 | | 64 | | 70 |
| Ball St. (4-5-0) | | 73 | | 66 | | 69 | | 77 | | 78 |
| Utah (3-6-0) | | 74 | | 74 | | 87 | | 90 | | 20 |
| San Jose St. (5-6-0) | | 75 | | 83 | | 70 | | 63 | | 100 |
| Connecticut (4-6-0) | | 76 | | 112 | | 84 | | 47 | | 29 |
| Temple (3-7-0) | | 77 | | 13 | | 85 | | 100 | | 66 |
| Ohio (4-6-0) | | 78 | | 71 | | 77 | | 83 | | 82 |
| Mississippi St. (3-6-0) | | 79 | | 20 | | 80 | | 97 | | 81 |
| Western Mich. (3-7-0) | | 80 | | 56 | | 94 | | 80 | | 59 |
| Syracuse (4-6-0) | | 81 | | 89 | | 79 | | 60 | | 91 |
| Houston (4-5-0) | | 82 | | 98 | | 73 | | 56 | | 105 |
| Utah St. (3-6-0) | | 83 | | 21 | | 81 | | 65 | | 111 |
| Arizona (3-7-0) | | 84 | | 35 | | 91 | | 103 | | 48 |
| Stanford (2-7-0) | | 85 | | 2 | | 97 | | 96 | | 95 |
| UAB (4-5-0) | | 86 | | 101 | | 75 | | 82 | | 93 |
| East Caro. (3-5-0) | | 87 | | 92 | | 83 | | 25 | | 114 |
| Central Mich. (4-6-0) | | 88 | | 88 | | 78 | | 92 | | 86 |
| Troy St. (4-7-0) | | 89 | | 103 | | 88 | | 116 | | 12 |
| North Carolina (2-8-0) | | 90 | | 1 | | 100 | | 107 | | 98 |
| UNLV (4-6-0) | | 91 | | 106 | | 82 | | 84 | | 75 |
| Memphis (2-8-0) | | 92 | | 50 | | 108 | | 81 | | 53 |
| Akron (2-8-0) | | 93 | | 43 | | 106 | | 73 | | 83 |
| Vanderbilt (2-8-0) | | 94 | | 12 | | 102 | | 108 | | 77 |
| Indiana (3-7-0) | | 95 | | 32 | | 90 | | 94 | | 107 |
| Northwestern (3-8-0) | | 96 | | 18 | | 95 | | 99 | | 106 |
| San Diego St. (3-7-0) | | 97 | | 97 | | 99 | | 78 | | 92 |
| Middle Tenn. St. (2-7-0) | | 98 | | 94 | | 110 | | 70 | | 76 |
| Rice (4-6-0) | | 99 | | 116 | | 89 | | 93 | | 38 |
| Kent St. (3-7-0) | | 100 | | 44 | | 92 | | 114 | | 99 |
| La.-Lafayette (3-7-0) | | 101 | | 82 | | 98 | | 115 | | 67 |
| Duke (2-8-0) | | 102 | | 49 | | 107 | | 104 | | 69 |
| Idaho (2-8-0) | | 103 | | 41 | | 105 | | 88 | | 101 |
| Louisiana Tech (3-6-0) | | 104 | | 105 | | 96 | | 57 | | 110 |
| Wyoming (2-8-0) | | 105 | | 54 | | 109 | | 85 | | 103 |
| Arkansas St. (5-7-0) | | 106 | | 117 | | 86 | | 110 | | 41 |
| La.-Monroe (2-8-0) | | 107 | | 29 | | 103 | | 101 | | 108 |
| Baylor (3-7-0) | | 108 | | 47 | | 93 | | 113 | | 113 |
| UTEP (2-8-0) | | 109 | | 33 | | 104 | | 109 | | 115 |
| Kansas (2-9-0) | | 110 | | 60 | | 111 | | 106 | | 109 |
| Rutgers (1-8-0) | | 111 | | 26 | | 112 | | 117 | | 104 |
| Navy (1-8-0) | | 112 | | 78 | | 113 | | 75 | | 112 |
| Southern Methodist (1-9-0) | | 113 | | 77 | | 114 | | 112 | | 85 |
| Eastern Mich. (3-7-0) | | 114 | | 104 | | 101 | | 87 | | 117 |
| Tulsa (1-9-0) | | 115 | | 85 | | 115 | | 102 | | 96 |
| Buffalo (1-9-0) | | 116 | | 86 | | 116 | | 111 | | 94 |
| Army (0-9-0) | | 117 | | 70 | | 117 | | 95 | | 116 |