| 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 | Duquesne | 61 to 9 | 518 | 252 |
| 2 | 87 | 1.187 | (2,0) | 0.187 | C Michigan | 45 to 17 | 316 | 132 |
| 3 | 293 | 0.300 | (2,1) | -0.034 | West Virginia | 24 to 31 | 211 | 94 |
| 4 | 161 | 0.776 | (2,1) | 0.442 | --bye-- |
| 5 | 131 | 1.037 | (2,2) | 1.037 | Louisville | 27 to 34 | 19 | 38 |
| 6 | 120 | 1.016 | (3,2) | 0.816 | Boston College | 48 to 7 | 253 | 160 |
| 7 | 80 | 1.365 | (4,2) | 1.032 | Florida St | 34 to 31 | 57 | 83 |
| 8 | 62 | 1.492 | (5,2) | 1.063 | Syracuse | 30 to 13 | 96 | 123 |
| 9 | 47 | 1.605 | (6,2) | 1.105 | NC State | 53 to 34 | 56 | 35 |
| 10 | 35 | 1.739 | (7,2) | 1.183 | Stanford | 35 to 20 | 86 | 92 |
| 11 | 42 | 1.652 | (7,2) | 1.096 | --bye-- |
| 12 | 45 | 1.629 | (7,3) | 1.229 | Notre Dame | 15 to 37 | 11 | 9 |
| 13 | 36 | 1.739 | (8,3) | 1.284 | Georgia Tech | 42 to 28 | 21 | 31 |
| 14 | 39 | 1.656 | (8,4) | 1.323 | Miami FL | 7 to 38 | 14 | 7 |
| 15 | 40 | 1.663 | (8,4) | 1.330 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 40 | 1.657 | (8,4) | 1.324 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 39 | 1.684 | (8,4) | 1.351 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 48 | 1.585 | (8,5) | 1.354 | East Carolina | 17 to 23 | 42 | 43 |
| 19 | 46 | 1.611 | (8,5) | 1.380 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |