| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 0 | 9 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 1 | 518 | -0.500 | (0,1) | 0.500 | Florida St | 17 to 31 | 7 | 83 |
| 2 | 135 | 0.600 | (1,1) | 0.600 | ULM | 73 to 0 | 410 | 195 |
| 3 | 70 | 1.405 | (2,1) | 1.071 | Wisconsin | 38 to 14 | 122 | 59 |
| 4 | 67 | 1.416 | (2,1) | 1.083 | --bye-- |
| 5 | 27 | 1.940 | (3,1) | 1.440 | Georgia | 24 to 21 | 26 | 5 |
| 6 | 11 | 2.231 | (4,1) | 1.631 | Vanderbilt | 30 to 14 | 28 | 22 |
| 7 | 10 | 2.241 | (5,1) | 1.575 | Missouri | 27 to 24 | 38 | 49 |
| 8 | 5 | 2.363 | (6,1) | 1.648 | Tennessee | 37 to 20 | 29 | 42 |
| 9 | 5 | 2.374 | (7,1) | 1.624 | South Carolina | 29 to 22 | 65 | 76 |
| 10 | 5 | 2.352 | (7,1) | 1.602 | --bye-- |
| 11 | 4 | 2.404 | (8,1) | 1.627 | LSU | 20 to 9 | 30 | 39 |
| 12 | 6 | 2.313 | (8,2) | 1.713 | Oklahoma | 21 to 23 | 8 | 8 |
| 13 | 9 | 2.193 | (9,2) | 1.556 | E Illinois | 56 to 0 | 273 | 269 |
| 14 | 9 | 2.161 | (10,2) | 1.494 | Auburn | 27 to 20 | 65 | 72 |
| 15 | 11 | 2.111 | (10,3) | 1.573 | Georgia | 7 to 28 | 2 | 5 |
| 16 | 11 | 2.108 | (10,3) | 1.569 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 8 | 2.187 | (11,3) | 1.615 | Oklahoma | 34 to 24 | 7 | 8 |
| 18 | 9 | 2.163 | (11,3) | 1.592 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 11 | 2.094 | (11,4) | 1.627 | Indiana | 3 to 38 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |