The Season Gets Underway with only minor shifts in standing after the first week of play.
| RANK | LOGO | TEAM | RECORD (W,L,T) | PRIOR RANK |
| #1 |  | UCLA | 1-0-0 | 1 |
| #2 |  | Florida State | 2-0-0 | 3 |
| #3 |  | North Carolina | 1-0-1 | 2 |
| #4 |  | Alabama | 2-0-0 | 4 |
| #5 |  | Virginia | 2-0-0 | 5 |
| #6 |  | Duke | 1-0-0 | 7 |
| #7 |  | Stanford | 2-0-0 | 9 |
| #8 |  | Arkansas | 1-0-0 | 8 |
| #9 |  | Notre Dame | 1-0-1 | 6 |
| #10 |  | BYU | 2-0-0 | 10 |
| #11 |  | Penn State | 1-0-1 | 15 |
| #12 |  | TCU | 1-1-0 | 11 |
| #13 |  | Texas | 2-0-0 | 16 |
| #14 |  | South Carolina | 1-0-1 | 12 |
| #15 |  | Saint Louis | 1-1-0 | 13 |
| #16 |  | Pittsburgh | 2-0-0 | 17 |
| #17 |  | Northwestern | 1-0-1 | 14 |
| #18 |  | Georgetown | 1-0-1 | 18 |
| #19 |  | Michigan State | 2-0-0 | 19 |
| #20 |  | Memphis | 2-0-0 | 20 |
| #21 |  | USC | 1-0-0 | 21 |
| #22 |  | Santa Clara | 2-0-0 | 22 |
| #23 |  | UC Irvine | 1-1-0 | 23 |
| #24 |  | Harvard | 0-0-0 | 24 |
| #25 |  | Xavier | 2-0-0 | 25 |
| #26 |  | Brown | 0-0-0 | 26 |
| #27 |  | Clemson | 1-0-1 | 27 |
| #28 |  | UCF | 1-0-0 | 28 |
| #29 |  | Tennessee | 2-0-0 | RV |
| #30 |  | Portland | 1-0-0 | 29 |
Others Receiving Votes: West Virginia (1-1-0), Washington State (2-0-0), Georgia (0-1-0), Vanderbilt (1-0-1), Milwaukee (1-0-1), Virginia Tech (1-0-1)
