| 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 | Colgate | 65 to 0 | 424 | 177 |
| 3 | 681 | -6.719 | (2,0) | -7.719 | Western Michigan | 48 to 7 | 704 | 164 |
| 4 | 35 | 2.218 | (3,0) | 1.218 | Purdue | 35 to 20 | 84 | 83 |
| 5 | 50 | 1.754 | (4,0) | 0.754 | Army | 29 to 16 | 152 | 110 |
| 6 | 57 | 1.635 | (4,1) | 1.035 | Clemson | 14 to 31 | 55 | 28 |
| 7 | 58 | 1.609 | (4,2) | 1.276 | North Carolina | 7 to 40 | 8 | 41 |
| 8 | 49 | 1.619 | (4,3) | 1.476 | Florida St | 3 to 41 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | 54 | 1.521 | (4,3) | 1.378 | --bye-- |
| 10 | 85 | 1.289 | (4,4) | 1.289 | Virginia Tech | 10 to 38 | 71 | 55 |
| 11 | 88 | 1.301 | (4,5) | 1.412 | Boston College | 10 to 17 | 39 | 66 |
| 12 | 71 | 1.409 | (5,5) | 1.409 | Pittsburgh | 28 to 13 | 144 | 132 |
| 13 | 85 | 1.290 | (5,6) | 1.381 | Georgia Tech | 22 to 31 | 52 | 52 |
| 14 | 73 | 1.404 | (6,6) | 1.404 | Wake Forest | 35 to 31 | 101 | 102 |
| 15 | 75 | 1.328 | (6,6) | 1.328 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 75 | 1.333 | (6,6) | 1.333 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 74 | 1.315 | (6,6) | 1.315 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 86 | 1.228 | (6,7) | 1.305 | South Florida | 0 to 45 | 99 | 99 |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |