| 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 | Notre Dame | 27 to 24 | 518 | 9 |
| 2 | 659 | -1.985 | (2,0) | -2.985 | Bethune-Cookman | 45 to 3 | 687 | 236 |
| 3 | 61 | 1.484 | (3,0) | 0.484 | South Florida | 49 to 12 | 121 | 34 |
| 4 | 5 | 2.490 | (4,0) | 1.490 | Florida | 26 to 7 | 69 | 69 |
| 5 | 5 | 2.515 | (4,0) | 1.515 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 3 | 2.546 | (5,0) | 1.546 | Florida St | 28 to 22 | 36 | 83 |
| 7 | 2 | 2.631 | (5,0) | 1.631 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 6 | 2.356 | (5,1) | 1.690 | Louisville | 21 to 24 | 10 | 38 |
| 9 | 9 | 2.282 | (6,1) | 1.568 | Stanford | 42 to 7 | 81 | 92 |
| 10 | 15 | 2.066 | (6,2) | 1.566 | SMU | 20 to 26 | 42 | 36 |
| 11 | 18 | 1.974 | (7,2) | 1.418 | Syracuse | 38 to 10 | 114 | 123 |
| 12 | 17 | 2.036 | (8,2) | 1.436 | NC State | 41 to 7 | 48 | 35 |
| 13 | 17 | 2.038 | (9,2) | 1.402 | Virginia Tech | 34 to 17 | 108 | 107 |
| 14 | 14 | 2.064 | (10,2) | 1.397 | Pittsburgh | 38 to 7 | 39 | 46 |
| 15 | 14 | 2.071 | (10,2) | 1.405 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 14 | 2.064 | (10,2) | 1.397 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 11 | 2.154 | (11,2) | 1.462 | Texas A&M | 10 to 3 | 13 | 13 |
| 18 | 11 | 2.133 | (11,2) | 1.441 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 7 | 2.248 | (12,2) | 1.534 | Ohio St | 24 to 14 | 4 | 4 |
| 20 | | | | | Mississippi | | | 3 |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |