| 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 | Ball St | 44 to 14 | 424 | 182 |
| 3 | 103 | 3.281 | (2,0) | 2.281 | Eastern Kentucky | 28 to 17 | 163 | 198 |
| 4 | 52 | 1.960 | (3,0) | 0.960 | Akron | 35 to 3 | 182 | 298 |
| 5 | 41 | 1.844 | (4,0) | 0.844 | Vanderbilt | 45 to 28 | 137 | 147 |
| 6 | 37 | 1.901 | (5,0) | 0.901 | Florida | 33 to 14 | 79 | 76 |
| 7 | 49 | 1.723 | (5,1) | 1.056 | Georgia | 13 to 51 | 12 | 3 |
| 8 | 48 | 1.648 | (5,2) | 1.219 | Missouri | 21 to 38 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 44 | 1.637 | (5,2) | 1.208 | --bye-- |
| 10 | 52 | 1.580 | (5,3) | 1.330 | Tennessee | 27 to 33 | 24 | 20 |
| 11 | 48 | 1.662 | (6,3) | 1.329 | Mississippi St | 24 to 3 | 86 | 85 |
| 12 | 46 | 1.644 | (6,4) | 1.444 | Alabama | 21 to 49 | 6 | 5 |
| 13 | 55 | 1.511 | (6,5) | 1.420 | South Carolina | 14 to 17 | 56 | 64 |
| 14 | 42 | 1.682 | (7,5) | 1.515 | Louisville | 38 to 31 | 14 | 22 |
| 15 | 44 | 1.595 | (7,5) | 1.429 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 45 | 1.588 | (7,5) | 1.421 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 46 | 1.568 | (7,5) | 1.402 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 49 | 1.522 | (7,6) | 1.445 | Clemson | 35 to 38 | 28 | 28 |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |