| 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 | Illinois St | 35 to 3 | 518 | 63 |
| 2 | 319 | 0.172 | (2,0) | -0.828 | Michigan | 24 to 13 | 587 | 18 |
| 3 | 32 | 1.917 | (3,0) | 0.917 | Temple | 42 to 3 | 141 | 98 |
| 4 | 3 | 2.536 | (4,0) | 1.536 | Auburn | 24 to 17 | 36 | 72 |
| 5 | 1 | 2.768 | (4,0) | 1.768 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 4 | 2.538 | (5,0) | 1.538 | Kent | 44 to 0 | 143 | 162 |
| 7 | 23 | 2.045 | (5,1) | 1.378 | Texas | 6 to 23 | 55 | 17 |
| 8 | 17 | 2.040 | (6,1) | 1.326 | South Carolina | 26 to 7 | 67 | 76 |
| 9 | 19 | 2.036 | (6,2) | 1.536 | Mississippi | 26 to 34 | 7 | 3 |
| 10 | 11 | 2.116 | (7,2) | 1.560 | Tennessee | 33 to 27 | 31 | 42 |
| 11 | 13 | 2.091 | (7,2) | 1.535 | --bye-- |
| 12 | 8 | 2.267 | (8,2) | 1.667 | Alabama | 23 to 21 | 6 | 11 |
| 13 | 7 | 2.264 | (9,2) | 1.627 | Missouri | 17 to 6 | 38 | 49 |
| 14 | 6 | 2.280 | (10,2) | 1.613 | LSU | 17 to 13 | 32 | 39 |
| 15 | 5 | 2.293 | (10,2) | 1.626 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 5 | 2.294 | (10,2) | 1.627 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 7 | 2.219 | (10,3) | 1.681 | Alabama | 24 to 34 | 8 | 11 |
| 18 | 7 | 2.199 | (10,3) | 1.661 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 8 | 2.177 | (10,3) | 1.639 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |