| | | | Strength of | | | | Offense | | Defense |
| School | | Rank | | Schedule | | Power | | Rank | | Rank |
| Louisville (2-0-0) | | 1 | | 102 | | 17 | | 2 | | 77 |
| California (2-0-0) | | 2 | | 62 | | 3 | | 5 | | 42 |
| Miami (Fla.) values (2-0-0) | | 3 | | 44 | | 2 | | 10 | | 52 |
| Utah (3-0-0) | | 4 | | 67 | | 6 | | 13 | | 24 |
| Southern California (3-0-0) | | 5 | | 94 | | 8 | | 14 | | 3 |
| Texas (1-0-1) | | 6 | | 78 | | 25 | | 6 | | 61 |
| Bowling Green (1-1-0) | | 7 | | 57 | | 67 | | 3 | | 97 |
| Auburn (3-0-0) | | 8 | | 81 | | 12 | | 28 | | 1 |
| Purdue (2-0-0) | | 9 | | 95 | | 9 | | 9 | | 56 |
| Florida St. (1-1-0) | | 10 | | 21 | | 49 | | 21 | | 27 |
| Boise St. (3-0-0) | | 11 | | 110 | | 19 | | 7 | | 54 |
| Oklahoma (3-0-0) | | 12 | | 98 | | 14 | | 19 | | 16 |
| Florida (1-1-0) | | 13 | | 33 | | 59 | | 8 | | 86 |
| Virginia Tech (2-1-0) | | 14 | | 66 | | 47 | | 32 | | 4 |
| Fresno St. (3-0-0) | | 15 | | 111 | | 20 | | 16 | | 28 |
| Southern Miss. (1-0-0) | | 16 | | 35 | | 1 | | 1 | | 118 |
| Virginia (3-0-0) | | 17 | | 92 | | 10 | | 39 | | 13 |
| Boston College (3-0-0) | | 18 | | 73 | | 5 | | 69 | | 10 |
| North Carolina St. (1-1-0) | | 19 | | 14 | | 41 | | 33 | | 64 |
| Georgia (3-0-0) | | 20 | | 88 | | 13 | | 55 | | 8 |
| Iowa (2-1-0) | | 21 | | 30 | | 32 | | 73 | | 12 |
| Arizona St. (3-0-0) | | 22 | | 72 | | 4 | | 44 | | 46 |
| Alabama (3-0-0) | | 23 | | 82 | | 11 | | 71 | | 6 |
| Michigan (2-1-0) | | 24 | | 47 | | 38 | | 36 | | 39 |
| LSU (2-1-0) | | 25 | | 75 | | 43 | | 50 | | 11 |
| Tennessee (2-0-0) | | 26 | | 103 | | 16 | | 11 | | 102 |
| UTEP (1-2-0) | | 27 | | 39 | | 85 | | 25 | | 49 |
| Texas A&M (2-1-0) | | 28 | | 43 | | 34 | | 52 | | 44 |
| West Virginia (3-0-0) | | 29 | | 105 | | 24 | | 41 | | 26 |
| Arkansas (2-0-1) | | 30 | | 80 | | 18 | | 57 | | 34 |
| Stanford (2-0-0) | | 31 | | 77 | | 7 | | 38 | | 75 |
| UCLA (2-1-0) | | 32 | | 49 | | 37 | | 43 | | 55 |
| Ohio St. (3-0-0) | | 33 | | 99 | | 15 | | 74 | | 17 |
| Minnesota (3-0-0) | | 34 | | 108 | | 22 | | 42 | | 36 |
| Oklahoma St. (3-0-0) | | 35 | | 104 | | 23 | | 35 | | 50 |
| Wyoming (1-1-0) | | 36 | | 38 | | 58 | | 17 | | 103 |
| Brigham Young (1-2-0) | | 37 | | 10 | | 66 | | 83 | | 47 |
| Fla. Atlantic (3-0-0) | | 38 | | 112 | | 27 | | 76 | | 7 |
| Texas Tech (2-1-0) | | 39 | | 89 | | 52 | | 22 | | 57 |
| Northern Ill. (1-2-0) | | 40 | | 52 | | 88 | | 27 | | 51 |
| North Carolina (2-1-0) | | 41 | | 25 | | 30 | | 62 | | 87 |
| Connecticut (2-1-0) | | 42 | | 85 | | 51 | | 37 | | 31 |
| Miami (Ohio) values (2-2-0) | | 43 | | 61 | | 73 | | 68 | | 19 |
| Cincinnati (1-2-0) | | 44 | | 22 | | 77 | | 51 | | 58 |
| South Carolina (2-1-0) | | 45 | | 55 | | 40 | | 96 | | 22 |
| Kansas St. (2-1-0) | | 46 | | 48 | | 35 | | 60 | | 67 |
| Troy (2-1-0) | | 47 | | 91 | | 53 | | 77 | | 9 |
| Toledo (1-2-0) | | 48 | | 40 | | 86 | | 23 | | 91 |
| Pittsburgh (1-1-0) | | 49 | | 64 | | 72 | | 15 | | 99 |
| Oregon St. (1-2-0) | | 50 | | 37 | | 87 | | 61 | | 45 |
| Maryland (2-1-0) | | 51 | | 45 | | 36 | | 112 | | 15 |
| Marshall (0-3-0) | | 52 | | 6 | | 105 | | 72 | | 33 |
| Louisiana Tech (2-1-0) | | 53 | | 27 | | 31 | | 66 | | 88 |
| Wisconsin (3-0-0) | | 54 | | 116 | | 29 | | 93 | | 5 |
| UAB (1-1-0) | | 55 | | 58 | | 68 | | 12 | | 109 |
| Clemson (1-2-0) | | 56 | | 32 | | 81 | | 101 | | 21 |
| Memphis (3-0-0) | | 57 | | 117 | | 28 | | 24 | | 84 |
| Nebraska (2-1-0) | | 58 | | 60 | | 39 | | 79 | | 48 |
| Northwestern (1-2-0) | | 59 | | 19 | | 75 | | 70 | | 69 |
| Hawaii (0-2-0) | | 60 | | 2 | | 95 | | 4 | | 117 |
| Notre Dame (2-1-0) | | 61 | | 69 | | 44 | | 75 | | 43 |
| Navy (3-0-0) | | 62 | | 118 | | 33 | | 56 | | 25 |
| New Mexico St. (1-2-0) | | 63 | | 16 | | 69 | | 80 | | 79 |
| Georgia Tech (2-1-0) | | 64 | | 84 | | 60 | | 85 | | 20 |
| Colorado St. (0-3-0) | | 65 | | 1 | | 96 | | 90 | | 62 |
| Michigan St. (1-2-0) | | 66 | | 46 | | 92 | | 46 | | 63 |
| Oregon (0-2-0) | | 67 | | 15 | | 109 | | 26 | | 96 |
| Penn St. (2-1-0) | | 68 | | 96 | | 55 | | 113 | | 2 |
| Kent St. (1-2-0) | | 69 | | 74 | | 94 | | 54 | | 32 |
| Colorado (3-0-0) | | 70 | | 109 | | 21 | | 67 | | 65 |
| La.-Lafayette (1-2-0) | | 71 | | 36 | | 83 | | 97 | | 37 |
| New Mexico (1-2-0) | | 72 | | 53 | | 89 | | 98 | | 18 |
| Washington St. (2-1-0) | | 73 | | 68 | | 48 | | 81 | | 53 |
| North Texas (0-3-0) | | 74 | | 3 | | 100 | | 65 | | 81 |
| Tulsa (0-3-0) | | 75 | | 5 | | 102 | | 49 | | 89 |
| Syracuse (2-1-0) | | 76 | | 71 | | 46 | | 78 | | 72 |
| Missouri (2-1-0) | | 77 | | 107 | | 65 | | 91 | | 14 |
| Middle Tenn. St. (1-1-0) | | 78 | | 59 | | 70 | | 31 | | 101 |
| TCU (2-1-0) | | 79 | | 93 | | 56 | | 40 | | 83 |
| Mississippi (1-2-0) | | 80 | | 26 | | 79 | | 109 | | 40 |
| Iowa St. (2-1-0) | | 81 | | 86 | | 61 | | 94 | | 30 |
| Air Force (2-1-0) | | 82 | | 90 | | 54 | | 59 | | 68 |
| South Fla. (1-1-0) | | 83 | | 34 | | 57 | | 30 | | 110 |
| Kansas (2-1-0) | | 84 | | 106 | | 64 | | 88 | | 23 |
| Rutgers (2-1-0) | | 85 | | 70 | | 45 | | 84 | | 70 |
| Nevada (2-1-0) | | 86 | | 79 | | 50 | | 45 | | 93 |
| Mississippi St. (1-2-0) | | 87 | | 24 | | 78 | | 117 | | 41 |
| San Diego St. (1-1-0) | | 88 | | 63 | | 71 | | 47 | | 94 |
| Arizona (1-2-0) | | 89 | | 31 | | 82 | | 118 | | 38 |
| Houston (1-2-0) | | 90 | | 28 | | 80 | | 104 | | 76 |
| Kentucky (1-1-0) | | 91 | | 12 | | 42 | | 89 | | 108 |
| La.-Monroe (0-2-0) | | 92 | | 4 | | 101 | | 63 | | 104 |
| UNLV (0-3-0) | | 93 | | 7 | | 106 | | 105 | | 78 |
| Illinois (2-1-0) | | 94 | | 87 | | 62 | | 100 | | 59 |
| Utah St. (1-2-0) | | 95 | | 42 | | 84 | | 114 | | 66 |
| Akron (0-3-0) | | 96 | | 23 | | 113 | | 82 | | 73 |
| Indiana (2-1-0) | | 97 | | 100 | | 63 | | 87 | | 71 |
| Wake Forest (2-1-0) | | 98 | | 115 | | 74 | | 103 | | 29 |
| Rice (2-0-0) | | 99 | | 114 | | 26 | | 29 | | 112 |
| Ball St. (0-3-0) | | 100 | | 9 | | 104 | | 106 | | 92 |
| UCF (0-3-0) | | 101 | | 8 | | 103 | | 116 | | 80 |
| Duke (0-3-0) | | 102 | | 17 | | 111 | | 115 | | 60 |
| Arkansas St. (0-3-0) | | 103 | | 18 | | 112 | | 108 | | 82 |
| Ohio (1-2-0) | | 104 | | 97 | | 98 | | 107 | | 35 |
| Temple (1-2-0) | | 105 | | 51 | | 90 | | 99 | | 90 |
| Western Mich. (1-2-0) | | 106 | | 54 | | 91 | | 92 | | 100 |
| Tulane (1-1-0) | | 107 | | 113 | | 93 | | 20 | | 111 |
| Southern Methodist (0-3-0) | | 108 | | 20 | | 110 | | 110 | | 95 |
| Central Mich. (1-2-0) | | 109 | | 83 | | 97 | | 86 | | 85 |
| Vanderbilt (0-2-0) | | 110 | | 65 | | 117 | | 64 | | 98 |
| Army (0-2-0) | | 111 | | 41 | | 115 | | 34 | | 113 |
| Washington (0-2-0) | | 112 | | 13 | | 108 | | 102 | | 107 |
| Buffalo (0-3-0) | | 113 | | 50 | | 116 | | 111 | | 74 |
| Eastern Mich. (1-2-0) | | 114 | | 101 | | 99 | | 58 | | 105 |
| Idaho (0-3-0) | | 115 | | 29 | | 114 | | 95 | | 106 |
| Baylor (1-1-0) | | 116 | | 76 | | 76 | | 53 | | 114 |
| East Caro. (0-2-0) | | 117 | | 11 | | 107 | | 48 | | 115 |
| San Jose St. (1-1-0) | | 118 | | 56 | | 118 | | 18 | | 116 |