Mississippi St - SEC - FBS - NCAA
| 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 | SE Louisiana | 48 to 7 | 424 | 378 |
| 3 | 106 | 3.281 | (2,0) | 2.281 | Arizona | 31 to 24 | 173 | 12 |
| 4 | 145 | 1.154 | (2,1) | 0.821 | LSU | 14 to 41 | 109 | 14 |
| 5 | 118 | 1.214 | (2,2) | 1.214 | South Carolina | 30 to 37 | 45 | 64 |
| 6 | 104 | 1.198 | (2,3) | 1.398 | Alabama | 17 to 40 | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | 89 | 1.328 | (3,3) | 1.328 | Western Michigan | 41 to 28 | 165 | 164 |
| 8 | 91 | 1.315 | (3,3) | 1.315 | --bye-- |
| 9 | 72 | 1.392 | (4,3) | 1.249 | Arkansas | 7 to 3 | 127 | 107 |
| 10 | 80 | 1.322 | (4,4) | 1.322 | Auburn | 13 to 27 | 57 | 62 |
| 11 | 86 | 1.312 | (4,5) | 1.423 | Kentucky | 3 to 24 | 48 | 49 |
| 12 | 90 | 1.286 | (4,6) | 1.486 | Texas A&M | 10 to 51 | 37 | 48 |
| 13 | 80 | 1.300 | (5,6) | 1.391 | Southern Miss | 41 to 20 | 169 | 174 |
| 14 | 84 | 1.347 | (5,7) | 1.513 | Mississippi | 7 to 17 | 11 | 10 |
| 15 | 84 | 1.274 | (5,7) | 1.441 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 85 | 1.268 | (5,7) | 1.435 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 84 | 1.249 | (5,7) | 1.416 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 85 | 1.241 | (5,7) | 1.408 | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |