These power polls are merely interim projections based on what has happened so far and they will look ‘funny’ until the PPI is fed more game data. Official rankings and game projections will be released on December 9, 2021.
| # | TEAM | CONF. | PPI | LAST |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 100.00 | 75 |
| 2 | Alabama | SEC | 98.95 | 5 |
| 3 | Oregon | PAC 12 | 97.05 | 17 |
| 4 | UCLA | PAC 12 | 95.29 | 12 |
| 5 | UC Davis | Big West | 93.33 | 176 |
| 6 | Duke | ACC | 91.15 | 60 |
| 7 | Saint Mary’s | West Coast | 90.80 | 67 |
| 8 | Purdue | Big Ten | 89.12 | 25 |
| 9 | Kansas | Big 12 | 88.62 | 24 |
| 10 | BYU | West Coast | 87.29 | 43 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 84.55 | 28 |
| 12 | Santa Clara | West Coast | 84.27 | 145 |
| 13 | The Citadel | Southern | 81.74 | 203 |
| 14 | San Diego | West Coast | 81.74 | 207 |
| 15 | San Francisco | West Coast | 81.18 | 105 |
| 16 | Northern Colorado | Big Sky | 80.41 | 240 |
| 17 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 80.13 | 94 |
| 18 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 79.99 | 23 |
| 19 | Auburn | SEC | 79.35 | 79 |
| 20 | Chattanooga | Southern | 78.79 | 124 |
| 21 | Oakland | Horizon | 78.65 | 241 |
| 22 | Miami (OH) | MAC | 78.51 | 166 |
| 23 | Houston | American | 77.53 | 3 |
| 24 | North Carolina | ACC | 77.53 | 30 |
| 25 | UAB | Conference USA | 77.04 | 64 |