The Difference In The Teams At The Top Of The Table Remains Slim. UCLA Suffers Their First Loss But Remains In THe Number One Spot. Alabama Close Behind In The Number Two Position. FSU Rebounds With Convincing Win To Move To Number Three. Key Conference GAmes Continue This Week As Teams Enter THe Home Stretch Of Regular Season Play.
| RANK | LOGO | SCHOOL | RECORD (W,L,T) | PRIOR RANK |
| #1 |  | UCLA | 13-1-0 | 1 |
| #2 |  | Alabama | 14-1-1 | 2 |
| #3 |  | Florida State | 10-1-2 | 5 |
| #4 |  | North Carolina | 12-3-0 | 8 |
| #5 |  | Rutgers | 13-1-2 | 3 |
| #6 |  | Saint Louis | 15-1-0 | 6 |
| #7 |  | Northwestern | 12-2-2 | 4 |
| #8 |  | Stanford | 12-2-1 | 10 |
| #9 |  | Notre Dame | 12-2-0 | 11 |
| #10 |  | Virginia | 10-2-3 | 7 |
| #11 |  | Texas | 11-1-3 | 13 |
| #12 |  | Georgetown | 11-1-4 | 15 |
| #13 |  | USC | 9-2-1 | 16 |
| #14 |  | Arkansas | 10-3-1 | 12 |
| #15 |  | TCU | 9-2-4 | 18 |
| #16 |  | Michigan State | 12-1-3 | 26 |
| #17 |  | Duke | 10-4-0 | 9 |
| #18 |  | Penn State | 10-3-2 | 17 |
| #19 |  | Tennessee | 9-3-2 | 20 |
| #20 |  | Ohio State | 10-2-3 | 25 |
| #21 |  | Portland | 9-1-4 | 14 |
| #22 |  | Xavier | 11-2-3 | 27 |
| #23 |  | Pepperdine | 7-2-4 | 21 |
| #24 |  | Pittsburgh | 11-3-1 | 24 |
| #25 |  | South Carolina | 9-3-3 | 19 |
| #26 |  | Harvard | 8-1-3 | 22 |
| #27 |  | BYU | 6-2-5 | NR |
| #28 |  | Mississippi State | 10-2-3 | RV |
| #29 |  | UCF | 6-2-4 | NR |
| #30 |  | Oklahoma State | 10-2-3 | 30 |
Others Receiving Votes: Vanderbilt, Mississippi, Brown, Wake Forest, Wisconsin, California, Washington, Virginia Tech
