| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 1 | 40 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 2 | 424 | -0.500 | (0,1) | 0.500 | Penn State | 15 to 38 | 29 | 11 |
| 3 | 489 | -0.095 | (1,1) | -0.095 | Duquesne | 56 to 17 | 597 | 248 |
| 4 | 79 | 1.648 | (2,1) | 1.315 | Pittsburgh | 17 to 6 | 238 | 132 |
| 5 | 36 | 1.892 | (3,1) | 1.392 | Texas Tech | 20 to 13 | 89 | 40 |
| 6 | 29 | 2.017 | (4,1) | 1.417 | TCU | 24 to 21 | 67 | 70 |
| 7 | 28 | 1.980 | (4,1) | 1.380 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 42 | 1.697 | (4,2) | 1.364 | Houston | 39 to 41 | 106 | 109 |
| 9 | 64 | 1.448 | (4,3) | 1.306 | Oklahoma St | 34 to 48 | 30 | 19 |
| 10 | 51 | 1.597 | (5,3) | 1.347 | Central Florida | 41 to 28 | 99 | 71 |
| 11 | 35 | 1.753 | (6,3) | 1.420 | Brigham Young | 37 to 7 | 60 | 74 |
| 12 | 42 | 1.661 | (6,4) | 1.461 | Oklahoma | 20 to 59 | 14 | 13 |
| 13 | 36 | 1.702 | (7,4) | 1.429 | Cincinnati | 42 to 21 | 136 | 135 |
| 14 | 35 | 1.772 | (8,4) | 1.439 | Baylor | 34 to 31 | 128 | 133 |
| 15 | 34 | 1.699 | (8,4) | 1.365 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 34 | 1.694 | (8,4) | 1.361 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 33 | 1.694 | (8,4) | 1.361 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 30 | 1.734 | (9,4) | 1.350 | North Carolina | 30 to 10 | 41 | 41 |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |