North Carolina - ACC - FBS - NCAA
| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 0 | 9 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 1 | 518 | -0.500 | (0,1) | 0.500 | TCU | 14 to 48 | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | 417 | -0.485 | (1,1) | -0.485 | Charlotte | 20 to 3 | 629 | 174 |
| 3 | 124 | 1.006 | (2,1) | 0.672 | Richmond | 41 to 6 | 333 | 201 |
| 4 | 74 | 1.347 | (2,2) | 1.347 | UCF | 9 to 34 | 45 | 99 |
| 5 | 113 | 1.110 | (2,2) | 1.110 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 141 | 0.898 | (2,3) | 1.098 | Clemson | 10 to 38 | 66 | 64 |
| 7 | 146 | 0.894 | (2,3) | 1.094 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 165 | 0.723 | (2,4) | 1.057 | California | 18 to 21 | 64 | 68 |
| 9 | 154 | 0.773 | (2,5) | 1.202 | Virginia | 16 to 17 | 15 | 20 |
| 10 | 129 | 0.956 | (3,5) | 1.206 | Syracuse | 27 to 10 | 109 | 123 |
| 11 | 113 | 1.078 | (4,5) | 1.189 | Stanford | 20 to 15 | 115 | 92 |
| 12 | 118 | 1.068 | (4,6) | 1.268 | Wake Forest | 12 to 28 | 32 | 37 |
| 13 | 123 | 1.024 | (4,7) | 1.297 | Duke | 25 to 32 | 53 | 30 |
| 14 | 124 | 0.994 | (4,8) | 1.328 | NC State | 19 to 42 | 41 | 35 |
| 15 | 122 | 1.002 | (4,8) | 1.335 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 120 | 0.996 | (4,8) | 1.329 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 118 | 1.011 | (4,8) | 1.344 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 121 | 0.999 | (4,8) | 1.332 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 115 | 1.038 | (4,8) | 1.371 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |