| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 1 | 40 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 2 | 2 | 1.500 | (1,0) | 0.500 | Mercer | 73 to 7 | 29 | 112 |
| 3 | 32 | 5.281 | (2,0) | 4.281 | Tulane | 37 to 20 | 62 | 38 |
| 4 | 5 | 2.796 | (3,0) | 1.796 | Georgia Tech | 48 to 23 | 126 | 52 |
| 5 | 15 | 2.325 | (3,1) | 1.825 | Alabama | 10 to 24 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 13 | 2.268 | (4,1) | 1.668 | LSU | 55 to 49 | 48 | 14 |
| 7 | 11 | 2.361 | (5,1) | 1.694 | Arkansas | 27 to 20 | 99 | 107 |
| 8 | 14 | 2.262 | (5,1) | 1.595 | --bye-- |
| 9 | 12 | 2.212 | (6,1) | 1.498 | Auburn | 28 to 21 | 77 | 62 |
| 10 | 9 | 2.265 | (7,1) | 1.515 | Vanderbilt | 33 to 7 | 131 | 147 |
| 11 | 7 | 2.356 | (8,1) | 1.578 | Texas A&M | 38 to 35 | 49 | 48 |
| 12 | 9 | 2.258 | (8,2) | 1.658 | Georgia | 17 to 52 | 5 | 3 |
| 13 | 11 | 2.190 | (9,2) | 1.553 | Louisiana-Monroe | 35 to 3 | 202 | 223 |
| 14 | 11 | 2.254 | (10,2) | 1.588 | Mississippi St | 17 to 7 | 84 | 85 |
| 15 | 12 | 2.167 | (10,2) | 1.500 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 12 | 2.161 | (10,2) | 1.494 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 12 | 2.140 | (10,2) | 1.474 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 10 | 2.210 | (11,2) | 1.518 | Penn State | 38 to 25 | 11 | 11 |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |