| 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 | South Dakota | 35 to 10 | 424 | 60 |
| 3 | 2 | 8.579 | (2,0) | 7.579 | Middle Tennessee St | 23 to 19 | 6 | 151 |
| 4 | 3 | 3.166 | (3,0) | 2.166 | Kansas St | 30 to 27 | 22 | 17 |
| 5 | 1 | 3.071 | (4,0) | 2.071 | Memphis | 34 to 27 | 30 | 42 |
| 6 | 2 | 2.756 | (5,0) | 1.756 | Vanderbilt | 38 to 21 | 99 | 147 |
| 7 | 18 | 2.197 | (5,1) | 1.530 | LSU | 39 to 49 | 27 | 14 |
| 8 | 13 | 2.265 | (6,1) | 1.551 | Kentucky | 38 to 21 | 48 | 49 |
| 9 | 11 | 2.234 | (7,1) | 1.484 | South Carolina | 34 to 12 | 74 | 64 |
| 10 | 10 | 2.228 | (7,1) | 1.478 | --bye-- |
| 11 | 13 | 2.146 | (7,2) | 1.591 | Georgia | 21 to 30 | 8 | 3 |
| 12 | 10 | 2.256 | (8,2) | 1.656 | Tennessee | 36 to 7 | 26 | 20 |
| 13 | 10 | 2.246 | (9,2) | 1.609 | Florida | 33 to 31 | 77 | 76 |
| 14 | 10 | 2.272 | (10,2) | 1.605 | Arkansas | 48 to 14 | 104 | 107 |
| 15 | 11 | 2.190 | (10,2) | 1.523 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 11 | 2.176 | (10,2) | 1.509 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 11 | 2.157 | (10,2) | 1.490 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 8 | 2.273 | (11,2) | 1.581 | Ohio State | 14 to 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |