| 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 | East Texas A&M | 42 to 13 | 518 | 238 |
| 2 | 59 | 1.600 | (1,1) | 1.600 | Baylor | 45 to 48 | 20 | 62 |
| 3 | 56 | 1.548 | (2,1) | 1.215 | Missouri St | 28 to 10 | 99 | 78 |
| 4 | 91 | 1.248 | (2,2) | 1.248 | TCU | 24 to 35 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | 137 | 0.994 | (2,2) | 0.994 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 69 | 1.465 | (3,2) | 1.265 | Syracuse | 31 to 18 | 75 | 109 |
| 7 | 63 | 1.577 | (4,2) | 1.244 | Stanford | 34 to 10 | 119 | 86 |
| 8 | 46 | 1.697 | (5,2) | 1.268 | Clemson | 35 to 24 | 89 | 99 |
| 9 | 55 | 1.604 | (5,3) | 1.354 | Wake Forest | 12 to 13 | 31 | 39 |
| 10 | 42 | 1.773 | (6,3) | 1.440 | Miami FL | 26 to 20 | 15 | 15 |
| 11 | | | | | Boston College | | | 201 |
| 12 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 13 | | | | | Louisville | | | 10 |
| 14 | | | | | California | | | 75 |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |