| 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 | Illinois St | 35 to 3 | 518 | 113 |
| 2 | 319 | 0.172 | (2,0) | -0.828 | Michigan | 24 to 13 | 587 | 14 |
| 3 | 32 | 1.917 | (3,0) | 0.917 | Temple | 42 to 3 | 141 | 88 |
| 4 | 3 | 2.536 | (4,0) | 1.536 | Auburn | 24 to 17 | 36 | 63 |
| 5 | 1 | 2.788 | (4,0) | 1.788 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 4 | 2.584 | (5,0) | 1.584 | Kent | 44 to 0 | 143 | 155 |
| 7 | 23 | 2.098 | (5,1) | 1.431 | Texas | 6 to 23 | 55 | 22 |
| 8 | 17 | 2.104 | (6,1) | 1.390 | South Carolina | 26 to 7 | 67 | 65 |
| 9 | 19 | 2.111 | (6,2) | 1.611 | Mississippi | 26 to 34 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 11 | 2.200 | (7,2) | 1.645 | Tennessee | 33 to 27 | 31 | 31 |
| 11 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 12 | | | | | Alabama | | | 5 |
| 13 | | | | | Missouri | | | 40 |
| 14 | | | | | LSU | | | 27 |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |