(Through Aug. 27.)
| Rank/Team | Record | Last Week |
| 1. North Carolina | 2-0-0 | 1 |
| 2. Penn State | 1-0-0 | 2 |
| 3. Santa Clara | 1-0-0 | 3 |
| 4. Notre Dame | 1-0-0 | 4 |
| 5. Nebraska | 2-0-0 | 5 |
| 6. Stanford | 1-0-0 | 7 |
| 7. Clemson | 2-0-0 | 9 |
| 8. Connecticut | 0-0-0 | 8 |
| 9. Hartford | 1-0-0 | 10 |
| 10. UCLA | 1-1-0 | 11 |
| 11. Wake Forest | 1-0-0 | 12 |
| 12. Texas A&M | 1-1-0 | 13 |
| 13. SMU | 2-0-0 | 15 |
| 14. Kentucky | 2-0-0 | 16 |
| 15. Virginia | 1-0-0 | 18 |
| 16. USC | 1-0-0 | 17 |
| 17. BYU | 1-0-0 | 19 |
| 18. Florida State | 2-0-0 | NR |
| 19. Florida | 1-1-0 | 6 |
| 20. Harvard | 0-0-0 | 10 |