| 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 | Elon | 45 to 17 | 518 | 230 |
| 2 | 27 | 2.508 | (1,1) | 2.508 | Illinois | 19 to 45 | 9 | 24 |
| 3 | 114 | 1.048 | (1,2) | 1.381 | Tulane | 27 to 34 | 28 | 25 |
| 4 | 60 | 1.460 | (2,2) | 1.460 | NC State | 45 to 33 | 30 | 37 |
| 5 | 34 | 1.875 | (3,2) | 1.675 | Syracuse | 38 to 3 | 72 | 109 |
| 6 | 25 | 2.002 | (4,2) | 1.668 | California | 45 to 21 | 71 | 75 |
| 7 | 26 | 2.000 | (4,2) | 1.667 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 35 | 1.834 | (4,3) | 1.691 | Georgia Tech | 18 to 27 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | 42 | 1.761 | (4,3) | 1.619 | --bye-- |
| 10 | 41 | 1.787 | (5,3) | 1.537 | Clemson | 46 to 45 | 99 | 99 |
| 11 | | | | | Connecticut | | | 101 |
| 12 | | | | | Virginia | | | 8 |
| 13 | | | | | North Carolina | | | 129 |
| 14 | | | | | Wake Forest | | | 39 |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |