Virginia Tech - ACC - 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 | Old Dominion | 36 to 17 | 424 | 108 |
| 3 | 30 | 5.321 | (1,1) | 5.321 | Purdue | 17 to 24 | 19 | 83 |
| 4 | 131 | 1.268 | (1,2) | 1.602 | Rutgers | 16 to 35 | 20 | 44 |
| 5 | 138 | 1.065 | (1,3) | 1.565 | Marshall | 17 to 24 | 27 | 92 |
| 6 | 97 | 1.232 | (2,3) | 1.432 | Pittsburgh | 38 to 21 | 206 | 132 |
| 7 | 107 | 1.189 | (2,4) | 1.522 | Florida St | 17 to 39 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 86 | 1.339 | (3,4) | 1.482 | Wake Forest | 30 to 13 | 109 | 102 |
| 9 | 82 | 1.301 | (3,4) | 1.444 | --bye-- |
| 10 | 71 | 1.433 | (4,4) | 1.433 | Syracuse | 38 to 10 | 85 | 86 |
| 11 | 68 | 1.408 | (4,5) | 1.519 | Louisville | 3 to 34 | 12 | 22 |
| 12 | 55 | 1.534 | (5,5) | 1.534 | Boston College | 48 to 22 | 51 | 66 |
| 13 | 66 | 1.407 | (5,6) | 1.498 | North Carolina St | 28 to 35 | 28 | 29 |
| 14 | 58 | 1.520 | (6,6) | 1.520 | Virginia | 55 to 17 | 108 | 111 |
| 15 | 59 | 1.439 | (6,6) | 1.439 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 60 | 1.439 | (6,6) | 1.439 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 61 | 1.420 | (6,6) | 1.420 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 55 | 1.490 | (7,6) | 1.413 | Tulane | 41 to 20 | 38 | 38 |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |