| 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 | Georgia Tech | 39 to 34 | 424 | 52 |
| 3 | 304 | 1.102 | (2,0) | 0.102 | Murray St | 56 to 0 | 441 | 284 |
| 4 | 27 | 2.277 | (3,0) | 1.277 | Indiana | 21 to 14 | 110 | 125 |
| 5 | 19 | 2.259 | (4,0) | 1.259 | Boston College | 56 to 28 | 143 | 66 |
| 6 | 21 | 2.151 | (5,0) | 1.151 | North Carolina St | 13 to 10 | 89 | 29 |
| 7 | 5 | 2.493 | (6,0) | 1.493 | Notre Dame | 33 to 20 | 19 | 15 |
| 8 | 22 | 2.038 | (6,1) | 1.324 | Pittsburgh | 21 to 38 | 130 | 132 |
| 9 | 24 | 1.944 | (6,1) | 1.229 | --bye-- |
| 10 | 15 | 2.136 | (7,1) | 1.386 | Duke | 23 to 0 | 29 | 31 |
| 11 | 12 | 2.229 | (8,1) | 1.451 | Virginia Tech | 34 to 3 | 68 | 55 |
| 12 | 13 | 2.170 | (9,1) | 1.370 | Virginia | 31 to 24 | 113 | 111 |
| 13 | 12 | 2.180 | (10,1) | 1.362 | Miami FL | 38 to 31 | 47 | 57 |
| 14 | 14 | 2.095 | (10,2) | 1.429 | Kentucky | 31 to 38 | 42 | 49 |
| 15 | 18 | 1.961 | (10,3) | 1.423 | Florida St | 6 to 16 | 6 | 9 |
| 16 | 18 | 1.959 | (10,3) | 1.420 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 19 | 1.938 | (10,3) | 1.400 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 22 | 1.869 | (10,4) | 1.441 | Southern Cal | 28 to 42 | 21 | 21 |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |