| Rank | CPI | AP Poll | CFP Rankings |
| 1 | Cincinnati | Alabama (62) | Alabama* |
| 2 | San Jose St | Notre Dame | Clemson* |
| 3 | Alabama | Ohio State | Ohio State* |
| 4 | Ohio State | Clemson | Notre Dame |
| 5 | Coastal Carolina | Texas A&M | Texas A&M |
| 6 | Brigham Young | Florida | Oklahoma* |
| 7 | Louisiana-Lafayette | Cincinnati | Florida |
| 8 | Clemson | Indiana | Cincinnati* |
| 9 | Ball St | Miami FL | Georgia |
| 10 | Miami FL | Iowa St | Iowa St |
| 11 | Texas A&M | Coastal Carolina | Indiana |
| 12 | Indiana | Georgia | Coastal Carolina* |
| 13 | Notre Dame | Oklahoma | North Carlina |
| 14 | Tulsa | Brigham Young | Northwestern |
| 15 | Boise St | Northwestern | Iowa |
| 16 | Colorado | Southern Cal | Brigham Young |
| 17 | Miami OH | Louisiana-Lafayette | Southern Cal |
| 18 | Marshall | Tulsa | Miami FL |
| 19 | Southern Cal | Iowa | Louisiana-Lafayette* |
| 20 | Oklahoma | North Carolina | Texas |
| 21 | Alabama-Birmingham | Colorado | Oklahoma St |
| 22 | Georgia | Liberty | San Jose St* |
| 23 | Iowa St | Texas | North Carolina St |
| 24 | Army | Buffalo | Tulsa |
| 25 | Buffalo | Wisconsin | Oregon* |