Mississippi St - SEC - FBS - NCAA
| 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 | Southern Miss | 34 to 17 | 518 | 56 |
| 2 | 19 | 2.632 | (2,0) | 1.632 | Arizona St | 24 to 20 | 53 | 23 |
| 3 | 31 | 1.967 | (3,0) | 0.967 | Alcorn St | 63 to 0 | 317 | 386 |
| 4 | 16 | 2.138 | (4,0) | 1.138 | N Illinois | 38 to 10 | 131 | 214 |
| 5 | 39 | 1.822 | (4,1) | 1.222 | Tennessee | 34 to 41 | 22 | 31 |
| 6 | 46 | 1.719 | (4,2) | 1.385 | Texas A&M | 9 to 31 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 51 | 1.684 | (4,2) | 1.351 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 69 | 1.477 | (4,3) | 1.335 | Florida | 21 to 23 | 51 | 54 |
| 9 | 72 | 1.440 | (4,4) | 1.440 | Texas | 38 to 45 | 38 | 22 |
| 10 | 58 | 1.573 | (5,4) | 1.462 | Arkansas | 38 to 35 | 112 | 112 |
| 11 | | | | | Georgia | | | 6 |
| 12 | | | | | Missouri | | | 40 |
| 13 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 14 | | | | | Mississippi | | | 7 |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |