| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 1 | 40 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 2 | 29 | 0.500 | (1,0) | -0.500 | Middle Tennessee St | 56 to 7 | 424 | 151 |
| 3 | 3 | 8.536 | (1,1) | 8.536 | Texas | 24 to 34 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 8 | 2.689 | (2,1) | 2.355 | South Florida | 17 to 3 | 75 | 99 |
| 5 | 4 | 2.702 | (3,1) | 2.202 | Mississippi | 24 to 10 | 15 | 10 |
| 6 | 5 | 2.530 | (4,1) | 1.930 | Mississippi St | 40 to 17 | 104 | 85 |
| 7 | 9 | 2.404 | (5,1) | 1.738 | Texas A&M | 26 to 20 | 41 | 48 |
| 8 | 12 | 2.276 | (6,1) | 1.562 | Arkansas | 24 to 21 | 111 | 107 |
| 9 | 7 | 2.326 | (7,1) | 1.576 | Tennessee | 34 to 20 | 29 | 20 |
| 10 | 6 | 2.353 | (7,1) | 1.603 | --bye-- |
| 11 | 5 | 2.431 | (8,1) | 1.653 | LSU | 42 to 28 | 25 | 14 |
| 12 | 6 | 2.436 | (9,1) | 1.636 | Kentucky | 49 to 21 | 46 | 49 |
| 13 | 6 | 2.359 | (10,1) | 1.540 | Chattanooga | 66 to 10 | 155 | 137 |
| 14 | 6 | 2.441 | (11,1) | 1.608 | Auburn | 27 to 24 | 53 | 62 |
| 15 | 4 | 2.439 | (12,1) | 1.593 | Georgia | 27 to 24 | 7 | 3 |
| 16 | 4 | 2.431 | (12,1) | 1.585 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 4 | 2.413 | (12,1) | 1.567 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 5 | 2.360 | (12,2) | 1.646 | Michigan | 20 to 27 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |