| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 0 | 9 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 1 | 7 | 0.500 | (1,0) | -0.500 | Baylor | 38 to 24 | 518 | 82 |
| 2 | 5 | 3.600 | (2,0) | 2.600 | Ball St | 42 to 3 | 21 | 169 |
| 3 | 20 | 2.209 | (3,0) | 1.209 | South Alabama | 31 to 15 | 126 | 158 |
| 4 | 36 | 1.700 | (3,1) | 1.200 | Oklahoma | 17 to 24 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 33 | 1.879 | (3,2) | 1.679 | Texas A&M | 10 to 16 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | 30 | 1.897 | (3,2) | 1.697 | --bye-- |
| 7 | 46 | 1.663 | (3,3) | 1.663 | Georgia | 10 to 20 | 11 | 5 |
| 8 | 60 | 1.514 | (3,4) | 1.657 | Missouri | 17 to 23 | 28 | 49 |
| 9 | 49 | 1.570 | (4,4) | 1.570 | Arkansas | 33 to 24 | 95 | 141 |
| 10 | 63 | 1.410 | (4,5) | 1.521 | Kentucky | 3 to 10 | 80 | 67 |
| 11 | 67 | 1.397 | (4,6) | 1.597 | Vanderbilt | 38 to 45 | 16 | 22 |
| 12 | 61 | 1.444 | (4,6) | 1.644 | --bye-- |
| 13 | 61 | 1.460 | (5,6) | 1.551 | Mercer | 62 to 17 | 107 | 122 |
| 14 | 65 | 1.391 | (5,7) | 1.558 | Alabama | 20 to 27 | 9 | 11 |
| 15 | 67 | 1.393 | (5,7) | 1.559 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 64 | 1.386 | (5,7) | 1.553 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 67 | 1.379 | (5,7) | 1.545 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 68 | 1.362 | (5,7) | 1.529 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 72 | 1.334 | (5,7) | 1.501 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |