| 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 | Elon | 45 to 17 | 518 | 212 |
| 2 | 27 | 2.508 | (1,1) | 2.508 | Illinois | 19 to 45 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | 114 | 1.048 | (1,2) | 1.381 | Tulane | 27 to 34 | 28 | 15 |
| 4 | 60 | 1.460 | (2,2) | 1.460 | NC State | 45 to 33 | 30 | 35 |
| 5 | 34 | 1.855 | (3,2) | 1.655 | Syracuse | 38 to 3 | 72 | 123 |
| 6 | 25 | 1.956 | (4,2) | 1.622 | California | 45 to 21 | 71 | 68 |
| 7 | 26 | 1.947 | (4,2) | 1.613 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 35 | 1.770 | (4,3) | 1.627 | Georgia Tech | 18 to 27 | 4 | 31 |
| 9 | 42 | 1.685 | (4,3) | 1.543 | --bye-- |
| 10 | 41 | 1.702 | (5,3) | 1.452 | Clemson | 46 to 45 | 99 | 64 |
| 11 | 52 | 1.569 | (5,4) | 1.458 | Connecticut | 34 to 37 | 75 | 71 |
| 12 | 53 | 1.536 | (5,5) | 1.536 | Virginia | 17 to 34 | 20 | 20 |
| 13 | 53 | 1.542 | (6,5) | 1.451 | North Carolina | 32 to 25 | 123 | 115 |
| 14 | 45 | 1.627 | (7,5) | 1.460 | Wake Forest | 49 to 32 | 40 | 37 |
| 15 | 35 | 1.736 | (8,5) | 1.505 | Virginia | 27 to 20 | 23 | 20 |
| 16 | 35 | 1.732 | (8,5) | 1.501 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 36 | 1.745 | (8,5) | 1.514 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 35 | 1.723 | (8,5) | 1.492 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 30 | 1.833 | (9,5) | 1.547 | Arizona St | 42 to 39 | 32 | 32 |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |