| 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 | Virginia | 49 to 13 | 424 | 111 |
| 3 | 659 | -4.719 | (2,0) | -5.719 | Austin Peay | 30 to 13 | 666 | 101 |
| 4 | 120 | 1.321 | (2,1) | 0.988 | Florida | 16 to 29 | 100 | 76 |
| 5 | 68 | 1.601 | (3,1) | 1.101 | Texas-San Antonio | 45 to 14 | 177 | 63 |
| 6 | 53 | 1.679 | (4,1) | 1.079 | South Carolina | 41 to 20 | 72 | 64 |
| 7 | 40 | 1.779 | (4,1) | 1.179 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 25 | 1.944 | (5,1) | 1.277 | Texas A&M | 20 to 13 | 61 | 48 |
| 9 | 29 | 1.907 | (5,2) | 1.479 | Alabama | 20 to 34 | 7 | 5 |
| 10 | 24 | 1.995 | (6,2) | 1.495 | Kentucky | 33 to 27 | 52 | 49 |
| 11 | 22 | 2.000 | (7,2) | 1.445 | Connecticut | 59 to 3 | 191 | 185 |
| 12 | 26 | 1.925 | (7,3) | 1.525 | Missouri | 7 to 36 | 10 | 8 |
| 13 | 25 | 1.871 | (7,4) | 1.599 | Georgia | 10 to 38 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | 28 | 1.912 | (8,4) | 1.579 | Vanderbilt | 48 to 24 | 146 | 147 |
| 15 | 27 | 1.829 | (8,4) | 1.495 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 28 | 1.822 | (8,4) | 1.488 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 28 | 1.803 | (8,4) | 1.470 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 20 | 1.905 | (9,4) | 1.520 | Iowa | 35 to 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |