| Rank | CPI | AP Poll | CFP Rankings |
| 1 | Clemson | Clemson (43) | Clemson* |
| 2 | Georgia | Oklahoma (18) | Oklahoma* |
| 3 | Central Florida | Georgia | Georgia* |
| 4 | Alabama | Alabama | Alabama |
| 5 | Wisconsin | Ohio State | Ohio State* |
| 6 | Miami FL | Wisconsin | Wisconsin |
| 7 | Ohio State | Auburn | Auburn |
| 8 | Oklahoma | Southern Cal | Southern Cal |
| 9 | Notre Dame | Penn State | Penn State |
| 10 | Auburn | Central Florida | Miami FL |
| 11 | Penn State | Miami FL | Washington |
| 12 | Southern Cal | Washington | Central Florida* |
| 13 | Washington | TCU | Stanford |
| 14 | Michigan St | Notre Dame | Notre Dame |
| 15 | Toledo | Stanford | TCU |
| 16 | Memphis | LSU | Michigan St |
| 17 | LSU | Oklahoma St | LSU |
| 18 | Washington St | Michigan St | Washington St |
| 19 | Florida Atlantic | Memphis | Oklahoma St |
| 20 | Boise St | Northwestern | Memphis |
| 21 | San Diego St | Washington St | Northwestern |
| 22 | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech |
| 23 | TCU | South Florida | Mississippi St |
| 24 | Stanford | Mississippi St | North Carolina St |
| 25 | South Carolina | Boise St | Boise St* |