| 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 | Eastern Kentucky | 66 to 13 | 424 | 198 |
| 3 | 104 | 3.281 | (2,0) | 2.281 | Pittsburgh | 27 to 21 | 164 | 132 |
| 4 | 91 | 1.520 | (2,1) | 1.187 | Miami OH | 24 to 31 | 32 | 65 |
| 5 | 97 | 1.376 | (2,2) | 1.376 | Oklahoma | 6 to 20 | 14 | 13 |
| 6 | 109 | 1.161 | (2,3) | 1.361 | Brigham Young | 27 to 35 | 62 | 74 |
| 7 | 105 | 1.219 | (2,3) | 1.419 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 107 | 1.197 | (2,4) | 1.531 | Iowa St | 10 to 30 | 35 | 37 |
| 9 | 144 | 0.912 | (2,5) | 1.340 | Baylor | 29 to 32 | 105 | 133 |
| 10 | 128 | 0.967 | (2,6) | 1.467 | Oklahoma St | 13 to 45 | 28 | 19 |
| 11 | 154 | 0.858 | (2,7) | 1.414 | Central Florida | 26 to 28 | 93 | 71 |
| 12 | 121 | 0.991 | (3,7) | 1.391 | Houston | 24 to 14 | 103 | 109 |
| 13 | 136 | 0.953 | (3,8) | 1.408 | West Virginia | 21 to 42 | 36 | 30 |
| 14 | 126 | 1.011 | (3,9) | 1.511 | Kansas | 16 to 49 | 27 | 24 |
| 15 | 127 | 0.944 | (3,9) | 1.444 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 130 | 0.939 | (3,9) | 1.439 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 132 | 0.928 | (3,9) | 1.428 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 135 | 0.897 | (3,9) | 1.397 | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |