| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 0 | 9 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 1 | 7 | 0.500 | (1,0) | -0.500 | Baylor | 38 to 24 | 518 | 62 |
| 2 | 5 | 3.600 | (2,0) | 2.600 | Ball St | 42 to 3 | 21 | 165 |
| 3 | 20 | 2.209 | (3,0) | 1.209 | South Alabama | 31 to 15 | 126 | 194 |
| 4 | 36 | 1.700 | (3,1) | 1.200 | Oklahoma | 17 to 24 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | 33 | 1.899 | (3,2) | 1.699 | Texas A&M | 10 to 16 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | 30 | 1.943 | (3,2) | 1.743 | --bye-- |
| 7 | 46 | 1.716 | (3,3) | 1.716 | Georgia | 10 to 20 | 11 | 6 |
| 8 | 60 | 1.578 | (3,4) | 1.721 | Missouri | 17 to 23 | 28 | 40 |
| 9 | 49 | 1.646 | (4,4) | 1.646 | Arkansas | 33 to 24 | 95 | 112 |
| 10 | 63 | 1.494 | (4,5) | 1.605 | Kentucky | 3 to 10 | 80 | 80 |
| 11 | | | | | Vanderbilt | | | 21 |
| 12 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 13 | | | | | Mercer | | | 108 |
| 14 | | | | | Alabama | | | 5 |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |