| 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 | Oregon St | 34 to 15 | 518 | 152 |
| 2 | 158 | 0.508 | (2,0) | -0.492 | TX Southern | 35 to 3 | 434 | 268 |
| 3 | 104 | 1.131 | (3,0) | 0.131 | Minnesota | 27 to 14 | 155 | 44 |
| 4 | 87 | 1.257 | (3,1) | 0.757 | San Diego St | 0 to 34 | 79 | 58 |
| 5 | 59 | 1.564 | (4,1) | 0.964 | Boston College | 28 to 24 | 220 | 160 |
| 6 | 71 | 1.390 | (4,2) | 1.056 | Duke | 21 to 45 | 25 | 30 |
| 7 | 67 | 1.493 | (4,2) | 1.160 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 64 | 1.458 | (5,2) | 1.029 | North Carolina | 21 to 18 | 165 | 115 |
| 9 | 78 | 1.307 | (5,3) | 1.057 | Virginia Tech | 34 to 42 | 80 | 107 |
| 10 | 75 | 1.322 | (5,4) | 1.210 | Virginia | 21 to 31 | 8 | 20 |
| 11 | 60 | 1.428 | (6,4) | 1.228 | Louisville | 29 to 26 | 26 | 38 |
| 12 | 67 | 1.420 | (6,4) | 1.220 | --bye-- |
| 13 | 83 | 1.265 | (6,5) | 1.174 | Stanford | 10 to 31 | 97 | 92 |
| 14 | 64 | 1.392 | (7,5) | 1.226 | SMU | 38 to 35 | 46 | 36 |
| 15 | 64 | 1.403 | (7,5) | 1.236 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 63 | 1.394 | (7,5) | 1.227 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 66 | 1.409 | (7,5) | 1.242 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 73 | 1.328 | (7,6) | 1.251 | Hawaii | 31 to 35 | 65 | 65 |
| 19 | 68 | 1.362 | (7,6) | 1.285 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |