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 | BYU | West Coast | 100.00 | 43 |
| 2 | Purdue | Big Ten | 86.79 | 25 |
| 3 | Saint Mary’s | West Coast | 86.70 | 67 |
| 4 | Santa Clara | West Coast | 85.45 | 145 |
| 5 | Alabama | SEC | 84.82 | 5 |
| 6 | Houston | American | 83.71 | 3 |
| 7 | UCLA | PAC 12 | 82.63 | 12 |
| 8 | San Francisco | West Coast | 82.10 | 105 |
| 9 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 81.96 | 75 |
| 10 | Duke | ACC | 81.25 | 60 |
| 11 | Seton Hall | Big East | 79.96 | 55 |
| 12 | Wagner | Northeast | 79.64 | 167 |
| 13 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 75.54 | 94 |
| 14 | Washington State | PAC 12 | 75.54 | 116 |
| 15 | UC Davis | Big West | 75.22 | 176 |
| 16 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 74.78 | 16 |
| 17 | Florida | SEC | 74.69 | 45 |
| 18 | Oregon | PAC 12 | 73.97 | 17 |
| 19 | LSU | SEC | 73.71 | 20 |
| 20 | Cornell | Ivy | 73.53 | 287 |
| 21 | North Carolina | ACC | 73.48 | 30 |
| 22 | Yale | Ivy | 73.21 | 165 |
| 23 | Providence | Big East | 73.08 | 87 |
| 24 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 72.72 | 47 |
| 25 | USC | PAC 12 | 72.46 | 7 |