The Top Twenty Five
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 11, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
| Record | Pts | Pvs | |
| 1. Alabama (61) | 13-0 | 1525 | 1 |
| 2. Ohio St. | 7-1 | 1463 | 3 |
| 3. Clemson | 10-2 | 1378 | 2 |
| 4. Texas A&M | 9-1 | 1324 | 5 |
| 5. Notre Dame | 10-2 | 1279 | 4 |
| 6. Oklahoma | 9-2 | 1243 | 8 |
| 7. Georgia | 8-2 | 1144 | 11 |
| 8. Cincinnati | 9-1 | 1074 | 6 |
| 9. Iowa St. | 9-3 | 1035 | 12 |
| 10. Northwestern | 7-2 | 893 | 15 |
| 11. BYU | 11-1 | 862 | 13 |
| 12. Indiana | 6-2 | 773 | 7 |
| 13. Florida | 8-4 | 764 | 10 |
| 14. Coastal Carolina | 11-1 | 725 | 9 |
| 15. Louisiana-Lafayette | 10-1 | 664 | 16 |
| 16. Iowa | 6-2 | 581 | 17 |
| 17. Liberty | 10-1 | 576 | 23 |
| 18. North Carolina | 8-4 | 532 | 14 |
| 19. Texas | 7-3 | 485 | 20 |
| 20. Oklahoma St. | 8-3 | 417 | 26 |
| 21. Southern Cal | 5-1 | 306 | 21 |
| 22. Miami | 8-3 | 284 | 18 |
| 23. Ball St. | 7-1 | 183 | 31 |
| 24. San Jose St. | 7-1 | 80 | 19 |
| 25. Buffalo | 6-1 | 51 | 28 |
