| 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 | E Kentucky | 51 to 17 | 518 | 167 |
| 2 | 128 | 0.600 | (2,0) | -0.400 | James Madison | 28 to 14 | 403 | 30 |
| 3 | 37 | 1.814 | (2,0) | 0.814 | --bye-- |
| 4 | 21 | 1.953 | (3,0) | 0.953 | Bowling Green | 40 to 17 | 126 | 154 |
| 5 | 19 | 2.134 | (4,0) | 1.134 | Pittsburgh | 34 to 27 | 131 | 35 |
| 6 | 34 | 1.899 | (4,1) | 1.299 | Virginia | 27 to 30 | 20 | 8 |
| 7 | 19 | 2.129 | (4,1) | 1.529 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 10 | 2.332 | (5,1) | 1.666 | Miami FL | 24 to 21 | 6 | 15 |
| 9 | 13 | 2.180 | (6,1) | 1.465 | Boston College | 38 to 24 | 211 | 201 |
| 10 | 10 | 2.217 | (7,1) | 1.467 | Virginia Tech | 28 to 16 | 90 | 90 |
| 11 | | | | | California | | | 75 |
| 12 | | | | | Clemson | | | 99 |
| 13 | | | | | SMU | | | 42 |
| 14 | | | | | Kentucky | | | 80 |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |