| 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 | E Kentucky | 51 to 17 | 518 | 185 |
| 2 | 128 | 0.600 | (2,0) | -0.400 | James Madison | 28 to 14 | 403 | 26 |
| 3 | 37 | 1.814 | (2,0) | 0.814 | --bye-- |
| 4 | 21 | 1.953 | (3,0) | 0.953 | Bowling Green | 40 to 17 | 126 | 192 |
| 5 | 19 | 2.114 | (4,0) | 1.114 | Pittsburgh | 34 to 27 | 131 | 46 |
| 6 | 34 | 1.853 | (4,1) | 1.253 | Virginia | 27 to 30 | 20 | 20 |
| 7 | 19 | 2.076 | (4,1) | 1.476 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 10 | 2.268 | (5,1) | 1.601 | Miami FL | 24 to 21 | 6 | 7 |
| 9 | 13 | 2.104 | (6,1) | 1.390 | Boston College | 38 to 24 | 212 | 160 |
| 10 | 10 | 2.132 | (7,1) | 1.382 | Virginia Tech | 28 to 16 | 90 | 107 |
| 11 | 26 | 1.869 | (7,2) | 1.313 | California | 26 to 29 | 60 | 68 |
| 12 | 37 | 1.731 | (7,3) | 1.331 | Clemson | 19 to 20 | 66 | 64 |
| 13 | 44 | 1.615 | (7,4) | 1.342 | SMU | 6 to 38 | 35 | 36 |
| 14 | 36 | 1.691 | (8,4) | 1.357 | Kentucky | 41 to 0 | 62 | 67 |
| 15 | 37 | 1.695 | (8,4) | 1.362 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 37 | 1.687 | (8,4) | 1.353 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 38 | 1.703 | (8,4) | 1.370 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 37 | 1.709 | (9,4) | 1.324 | Toledo | 27 to 22 | 102 | 100 |
| 19 | 38 | 1.741 | (9,4) | 1.357 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |