| 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 | Alabama | 31 to 17 | 518 | 11 |
| 2 | 58 | 1.600 | (2,0) | 0.600 | East Texas A&M | 77 to 3 | 136 | 270 |
| 3 | 23 | 2.119 | (2,0) | 1.119 | --bye-- |
| 4 | 34 | 1.737 | (3,0) | 0.737 | Kent | 66 to 10 | 238 | 162 |
| 5 | 60 | 1.556 | (3,1) | 1.056 | Virginia | 38 to 46 | 35 | 20 |
| 6 | 36 | 1.824 | (3,2) | 1.624 | Miami FL | 22 to 28 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 57 | 1.580 | (3,3) | 1.580 | Pittsburgh | 31 to 34 | 80 | 46 |
| 8 | 71 | 1.386 | (3,4) | 1.529 | Stanford | 13 to 20 | 81 | 92 |
| 9 | 69 | 1.385 | (3,4) | 1.528 | --bye-- |
| 10 | 53 | 1.551 | (4,4) | 1.551 | Wake Forest | 42 to 7 | 39 | 37 |
| 11 | 79 | 1.324 | (4,5) | 1.436 | Clemson | 10 to 24 | 85 | 64 |
| 12 | 62 | 1.443 | (5,5) | 1.443 | Virginia Tech | 34 to 14 | 104 | 107 |
| 13 | 71 | 1.353 | (5,6) | 1.444 | NC State | 11 to 21 | 41 | 35 |
| 14 | 83 | 1.251 | (5,7) | 1.417 | Florida | 21 to 40 | 69 | 69 |
| 15 | 84 | 1.248 | (5,7) | 1.415 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 84 | 1.241 | (5,7) | 1.408 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 80 | 1.273 | (5,7) | 1.440 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 86 | 1.249 | (5,7) | 1.416 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 83 | 1.277 | (5,7) | 1.443 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |