| 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 | Ohio St | 7 to 14 | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | 317 | 0.187 | (1,1) | 0.187 | San Jose St | 38 to 7 | 585 | 128 |
| 3 | 203 | 0.602 | (2,1) | 0.269 | UTEP | 27 to 10 | 367 | 192 |
| 4 | 97 | 1.210 | (3,1) | 0.710 | Sam Houston St | 55 to 0 | 359 | 263 |
| 5 | 66 | 1.541 | (3,1) | 1.041 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 83 | 1.324 | (3,2) | 1.124 | Florida | 21 to 29 | 73 | 54 |
| 7 | 55 | 1.652 | (4,2) | 1.318 | Oklahoma | 23 to 6 | 23 | 11 |
| 8 | 44 | 1.715 | (5,2) | 1.287 | Kentucky | 16 to 13 | 102 | 80 |
| 9 | 38 | 1.820 | (6,2) | 1.320 | Mississippi St | 45 to 38 | 72 | 58 |
| 10 | 22 | 2.045 | (7,2) | 1.489 | Vanderbilt | 34 to 31 | 21 | 21 |
| 11 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 12 | | | | | Georgia | | | 6 |
| 13 | | | | | Arkansas | | | 112 |
| 14 | | | | | Texas A&M | | | 1 |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |