1. (12-1) Alabama | SEC
Tier 1 Wins: Mississippi State (10-2)
Tier 2 Wins: Auburn (8-4), @LSU (8-4), Missouri (10-3)
Losses: @Ole Miss (9-3)

2. (12-1) Oregon | PAC12
Tier 1 Wins: Arizona (10-3)
Tier 2 Wins: Michigan State (10-2), @UCLA (9-3), @Utah (8-4)
Losses: Arizona (10-3)

3. (13-0) Florida State | ACC
Tier 1 Wins: N/A
Tier 2 Wins: Georgia Tech (10-3), Clemson (9-3), Louisville (9-3)
Losses: N/A

4. (11-1) Baylor | BIG 12
Tier 1 Wins: TCU (11-1)
Tier 2 Wins: Kansas State (9-3), @Oklahoma (8-4)
Losses: @West Virginia (7-5)

5. (11-1) TCU | BIG 12
Tier 1 Wins: N/A
Tier 2 Wins: Kansas State (9-3), Oklahoma (8-4)
Losses: @Baylor (11-1)

6. (9-3) Ole Miss | SEC
Tier 1 Wins: Alabama (12-1), Mississippi State (10-2)
Tier 2 Wins: Boise State (11-2)
Losses: @LSU (8-4), Auburn (8-4), @Arkansas (6-6)

7. (12-1) Ohio State | Big Ten
Tier 1 Wins: N/A
Tier 2 Wins: Michigan State (10-2), Wisconsin (10-3)
Losses: Virginia Tech (6-6)

8. (10-3) Arizona | PAC12
Tier 1 Wins: @Oregon (12-1)
Tier 2 Wins: Arizona State (9-3), @Utah (8-4)
Losses: USC (8-4), @UCLA (9-3), Oregon (12-1)

9. (9-3) UCLA | PAC12
Tier 1 Wins: Arizona (10-3)
Tier 2 Wins: @Arizona State (9-3), USC (8-4)
Losses: Utah (8-4), Oregon (12-1), Stanford (7-5)

10. (10-2) Mississippi State | SEC
Tier 1 Wins: N/A
Tier 2 Wins: @LSU (8-4), Auburn (8-4)
Losses: @Alabama (12-1), @Ole Miss (9-3)

11. (10-2) Michigan State | Big Ten
Tier 1 Wins: N/A
Tier 2 Wins: Nebraska (9-3)
Losses: @Oregon (12-1), Ohio State (12-1)

12. (8-4) Auburn | SEC
Tier 1 Wins: N/A
Tier 2 Wins: @Kansas State (9-3), LSU (8-4), @Ole Miss (9-3)
Losses: @Mississippi State (10-2), Texas A&M (7-5), @Georgia (9-3), @Alabama (12-1)

13. (9-3) Arizona State | PAC12
Tier 1 Wins: N/A
Tier 2 Wins: @USC (8-4), vs Utah (8-4)
Losses: @UCLA (9-3), @Oregon State (5-7), Arizona (10-3)

14. (9-3) Georgia | SEC
Tier 1 Wins: N/A
Tier 2 Wins: Auburn (8-4), Clemson (9-3), Missouri (10-3)
Losses: South Carolina (6-6), Florida (6-5), Georgia Tech (10-3)

15. (8-4) USC | PAC12
Tier 1 Wins: @Arizona (10-3)
Tier 2 Wins: N/A
Losses: @Boston College (7-5), vs Arizona State (9-3), @Utah (8-4), @UCLA (9-3)

16. (8-4) LSU | SEC
Tier 1 Wins: N/A
Tier 2 Wins: Wisconsin (10-3), Ole Miss (9-3)
Losses: Mississippi State (10-2), @Auburn (8-4), @Alabama (12-1), @Arkansas (6-6)

17. (9-3) Clemson | ACC
Tier 1 Wins: N/A
Tier 2 Wins: Louisville (9-3)
Losses: @Georgia (8-4), @Florida State (13-0), @Georgia Tech (10-3)

18. (8-4) Utah | PAC12
Tier 1 Wins: N/A
Tier 2 Wins: @UCLA (9-3), USC (8-4)
Losses: Washington State (3-9), @Arizona State (9-3), Oregon (12-1), Arizona (10-3)

19. (10-3) Wisconsin | Big Ten
Tier 1 Wins: N/A
Tier 2 Wins: Nebraska (9-3)
Losses: Ohio State (12-1), LSU (8-4), Northwestern (5-7)

20. (11-2) Boise State | MWC
Tier 1 Wins: N/A
Tier 2 Wins: Colorado State (10-2)
Losses: Ole Miss (8-4), @Air Force (9-3)

21. (7-5) Texas A&M | SEC
Tier 1 Wins: N/A
Tier 2 Wins: Auburn (8-4)
Losses: @Mississippi State (10-2), Ole Miss (9-3), @Alabama (12-1), Missouri (10-3), LSU (8-4)

22. (8-4) Oklahoma | BIG12
Tier 1 Wins: N/A
Tier 2 Wins: N/A
Losses: @TCU (11-1), vs Kansas State (9-3), vs Baylor (11-1), vs Oklahoma State (6-6)

23. (7-5) Stanford | PAC12
Tier 1 Wins: N/A
Tier 2 Wins: @UCLA (9-3)
Losses: USC (8-4), @Notre Dame (7-5), @Arizona State (9-3), @Oregon, (12-1), Utah (8-4)

24. (10-3) Missouri | SEC
Tier 1 Wins: N/A
Tier 2 Wins: N/A
Losses: Indiana (4-8), Georgia (9-3), Alabama (12-1)

25. (9-3) Duke | ACC
Tier 1 Wins: N/A
Tier 2 Wins: @Georgia Tech (10-3)
Losses: @Miami (6-6), Virginia Tech (6-6), vs North Carolina (6-6)