| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 0 | 9 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 1 | 518 | -0.500 | (0,1) | 0.500 | Miami FL | 24 to 27 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | 686 | -2.985 | (0,1) | -1.985 | --bye-- |
| 3 | 212 | 0.577 | (0,2) | 1.577 | Texas A&M | 40 to 41 | 49 | 1 |
| 4 | 35 | 1.732 | (1,2) | 2.066 | Purdue | 56 to 30 | 92 | 121 |
| 5 | 25 | 1.963 | (2,2) | 1.963 | Arkansas | 56 to 13 | 93 | 112 |
| 6 | 16 | 2.124 | (3,2) | 1.924 | Boise St | 28 to 7 | 68 | 52 |
| 7 | 13 | 2.256 | (4,2) | 1.923 | NC State | 36 to 7 | 42 | 37 |
| 8 | 11 | 2.314 | (5,2) | 1.885 | USC | 34 to 24 | 21 | 18 |
| 9 | 10 | 2.240 | (5,2) | 1.812 | --bye-- |
| 10 | 17 | 2.141 | (6,2) | 1.641 | Boston College | 25 to 10 | 201 | 201 |
| 11 | | | | | Navy | | | 43 |
| 12 | | | | | Pittsburgh | | | 35 |
| 13 | | | | | Syracuse | | | 109 |
| 14 | | | | | Stanford | | | 86 |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |