| 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 | Tennessee-Martin | 48 to 7 | 424 | 106 |
| 3 | 102 | 3.281 | (2,0) | 2.281 | Ball St | 45 to 3 | 162 | 182 |
| 4 | 10 | 2.651 | (3,0) | 1.651 | South Carolina | 24 to 14 | 55 | 64 |
| 5 | 26 | 2.159 | (4,0) | 1.159 | Alabama-Birmingham | 49 to 21 | 280 | 169 |
| 6 | 19 | 2.216 | (5,0) | 1.216 | Auburn | 27 to 20 | 70 | 62 |
| 7 | 12 | 2.345 | (6,0) | 1.345 | Kentucky | 51 to 13 | 49 | 49 |
| 8 | 18 | 2.174 | (7,0) | 1.174 | Vanderbilt | 37 to 20 | 142 | 147 |
| 9 | 14 | 2.183 | (7,0) | 1.183 | --bye-- |
| 10 | 13 | 2.216 | (8,0) | 1.216 | Florida | 43 to 20 | 54 | 76 |
| 11 | 8 | 2.348 | (9,0) | 1.348 | Missouri | 30 to 21 | 13 | 8 |
| 12 | 5 | 2.453 | (10,0) | 1.453 | Mississippi | 52 to 17 | 9 | 10 |
| 13 | 3 | 2.445 | (11,0) | 1.445 | Tennessee | 38 to 10 | 25 | 20 |
| 14 | 4 | 2.494 | (12,0) | 1.494 | Georgia Tech | 31 to 23 | 55 | 52 |
| 15 | 7 | 2.332 | (12,1) | 1.486 | Alabama | 24 to 27 | 4 | 5 |
| 16 | 7 | 2.324 | (12,1) | 1.478 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 7 | 2.303 | (12,1) | 1.457 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 3 | 2.389 | (13,1) | 1.532 | Florida St | 63 to 3 | 9 | 9 |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |