Key Conference Matchups Highlight A Week Of Very Competitive Play Coast To Coast With Little Margin For Error. Eight Of The Teams In The Rankings For THe Prior Week Had A Loss.
| Rank | Logo | School | Record (W,L,T) | Prior Rank |
| #1 |  | Florida State | 14-0-0 | 1 |
| #2 |  | UCLA | 12-0-2 | 2 |
| #3 |  | Virginia | 13-1-1 | 3 |
| #4 |  | Pepperdine | 13-1-0 | 6 |
| #5 |  | Duke | 10-2-1 | 5 |
| #6 |  | Arkansas | 12-2-0 | 7 |
| #7 |  | North Carolina | 10-2-2 | 4 |
| #8 |  | Tennessee | 13-1-0 | 8 |
| #9 |  | Rutgers | 13-2-0 | 10 |
| #10 |  | Georgetown | 9-0-6 | 9 |
| #11 |  | USC | 11-2-0 | 14 |
| #12 |  | TCU | 13-2-1 | 13 |
| #13 |  | Stanford | 10-3-1 | 12 |
| #14 |  | Hofstra | 12-2-1 | 11 |
| #15 |  | Xavier | 14-1-1 | 17 |
| #16 |  | Auburn | 11-3-0 | 15 |
| #17 |  | BYU | 9-3-1 | 22 |
| #18 |  | Memphis | 10-2-1 | 16 |
| #19 |  | Mississippi | 11-2-2 | 26 |
| #20 |  | Harvard | 9-1-1 | 18 |
| #21 |  | SMU | 8-2-2 | 20 |
| #22 |  | West Virginia | 9-4-2 | 19 |
| #23 |  | Michigan | 10-3-3 | 23 |
| #24 |  | Notre Dame | 12-2-1 | 24 |
| #25 |  | South Carolina | 9-4-1 | 21 |
| #26 |  | Oregon State | 11-3-2 | 25 |
| #27 |  | Purdue | 11-3-2 | 27 |
| #28 |  | Princeton | 10-2-1 | 29 |
| #29 |  | Washington State | 10-2-2 | 30 |
| #30 |  | Texas | 8-3-4 | RV |
Others Receiving Votes: South Florida, Brown, Wake Forest, Clemson, Virginia Tech, Baylor, Santa Clara, Western Kentucky, ODU
