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- Ohio State Buckeyes (4-0) [45]
- Michigan State Spartans (4-0) [5]
- Ole Miss Rebels (4-0) [10]
- TCU Horned Frogs (4-0)
- Baylor Bears (3-0)
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4-0)
- UCLA Bruins (4-0)
- Georgia Bulldogs (4-0)
- LSU Tigers (3-0)
- Utah Utes (4-0)
- Florida State Seminoles (3-0)
- Clemson Tigers (3-0)
- Alabama Crimson Tide (3-1)
- Texas A&M Aggies (4-0)
- Oklahoma Sooners (3-0)
- Northwestern Wildcats (4-0)
- USC Trojans (3-1)
- Stanford Cardinal (3-1)
- Wisconsin Badgers (3-1)
- Oklahoma State Cowboys (4-0)
- Mississippi State Bulldogs (3-1)
- Michigan Wolverines (3-1)
- West Virginia Mountaineers (3-0)
- California Bears (4-0)
- Florida Gators (4-0)