| # | team | sp+ | Δ |
| 1 | Ohio State40 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Oregon14 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Georgia | 4 | -1 |
| 4 | Notre Dame6 | 3 | +1 |
| 5 | Texas | 6 | -1 |
| 6 | Indiana8 | 5 | +1 |
| 7 | Miami1 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Texas A&M | 9 | -1 |
| 9 | Ole Miss | 16 | -7 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 11 | -1 |
| 11 | LSU | 10 | +1 |
| 12 | Texas Tech | 8 | +4 |
| 13 | Alabama | 13 | 0 |
| 14 | BYU | 21 | -7 |
| 14 | USC | 12 | +2 |
| 16 | Michigan | 15 | +1 |
| 17 | Washington | 18 | -1 |
| 18 | Penn State | 17 | +1 |
| 19 | SMU | 25 | -6 |
| 20 | Tennessee | 14 | +6 |
| 21 | Utah | 29 | -8 |
| 22 | Iowa | 22 | 0 |
| 23 | Houston | 38 | -15 |
| 24 | Louisville | 27 | -3 |
| 25 | Missouri | 19 | +6 |
| Sat, 8/29, 11 AM | 56North Carolina vs 32TCU | ESPN |
| Sat, 8/29, 2 PM | 121San José State at 12USC | NBC |
| Sat, 8/29, 2 PM | 43NC State at 37Virginia | ESPN |
| Sat, 8/29, 4 PM | 95Jacksonville State at 75North Dakota State | CBSSN |
| Sat, 8/29, 5 PM | 131Sacramento State at 122Eastern Michigan | |
| Sat, 8/29, 6 PM | 83Hawai'i at 79Stanford | ACC Network |
| Sat, 8/29, 6 PM | 125New Mexico State at 35Florida State | CW |
| Sat, 8/29, 9 PM | 67Memphis at 55UNLV | FOX |
| Thu, 9/3, 5 PM | 138Massachusetts at 61Rutgers | BTN |
| Thu, 9/3, 6 PM | 130Akron at 57Wake Forest | ACC Network |
| wk1 | 49Boise State at 2Oregon | CBS | 34.3 |
| wk1 | 77Texas State at 6Texas | ESPN | 20.7 |
| wk1 | 7Miami at 79Stanford | ESPN | 19.7 |
| wk1 | Tennessee State at 4Georgia | 16.4 | |
| wk1 | 73Fresno State at 12USC | FOX | 16.3 |
| wk1 | 79East Carolina at 13Alabama | ABC | 15.3 |
| wk1 | 53Baylor vs 26Auburn | ABC | 15.3 |
| wk1 | 105North Texas at 5Indiana | FOX | 14.2 |
| 1 | Drew Mestemaker | 4,369 | |
| 2 | Darian Mensah | 3,973 | |
| 3 | Trinidad Chambliss | 3,937 | |
| 4 | Carson Beck | 3,813 | |
| 5 | Jayden Maiava | 3,711 |
| 1 | Cam Cook | 1,666 | |
| 2 | Ahmad Hardy | 1,649 | |
| 3 | Kewan Lacy | 1,567 | |
| 4 | Emmett Johnson | 1,451 | |
| 5 | Caleb Hawkins | 1,424 |
| 1 | Danny Scudero | 1,297 | |
| 2 | Skyler Bell | 1,276 | |
| 3 | Wyatt Young | 1,264 | |
| 4 | Jeremiah Smith | 1,243 | |
| 5 | Malachi Toney | 1,211 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 0.434 |
| 2 | North Texas | 0.392 |
| 3 | Utah | 0.376 |
| 4 | USC | 0.374 |
| 5 | Indiana | 0.374 |
| 6 | Navy | 0.365 |
| 1 | Indiana | 9–0 | 16–0 |
| 2 | Ohio State | 9–0 | 12–2 |
| 3 | Oregon | 8–1 | 13–2 |
| 4 | Michigan | 7–2 | 9–4 |
| 5 | USC | 7–2 | 9–4 |
| 1 | BYU | 8–1 | 12–2 |
| 2 | Texas Tech | 8–1 | 12–2 |
| 3 | Utah | 7–2 | 11–2 |
| 4 | Houston | 6–3 | 10–3 |
| 5 | Arizona | 6–3 | 9–4 |
| 1 | Virginia | 7–1 | 11–3 |
| 2 | Miami | 6–2 | 13–3 |
| 3 | Duke | 6–2 | 9–5 |
| 4 | Georgia Tech | 6–2 | 9–4 |
| 5 | SMU | 6–2 | 9–4 |
| Ohio State | +580 | 14.7% |
| Notre Dame | +610 | 14.1% |
| Texas | +730 | 12.0% |
| Oregon | +740 | 11.9% |
| Georgia | +860 | 10.4% |
| Indiana | +860 | 10.4% |
| Miami | +1100 | 8.3% |
| LSU | +1860 | 5.1% |
| Texas Tech | +2040 | 4.7% |
| Alabama | +2140 | 4.5% |
| Toledo at Michigan State | -10.6 |
| Iowa State at Iowa | -12.8 |
| Ohio State at Texas | -1.5 |
| Ohio at Nebraska | -24 |
| UAB at Illinois | -28.3 |
| UCLA at California | +1.1 |
| Northern Illinois at Iowa | -31.1 |
| San Jose State Spartans at USC | -38.7 |