| 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 | East Texas A&M | 42 to 13 | 518 | 270 |
| 2 | 59 | 1.600 | (1,1) | 1.600 | Baylor | 45 to 48 | 20 | 82 |
| 3 | 56 | 1.548 | (2,1) | 1.215 | Missouri St | 28 to 10 | 99 | 102 |
| 4 | 91 | 1.248 | (2,2) | 1.248 | TCU | 24 to 35 | 9 | 21 |
| 5 | 137 | 0.973 | (2,2) | 0.973 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 69 | 1.419 | (3,2) | 1.219 | Syracuse | 31 to 18 | 75 | 123 |
| 7 | 63 | 1.524 | (4,2) | 1.190 | Stanford | 34 to 10 | 119 | 92 |
| 8 | 46 | 1.632 | (5,2) | 1.204 | Clemson | 35 to 24 | 89 | 64 |
| 9 | 55 | 1.528 | (5,3) | 1.278 | Wake Forest | 12 to 13 | 31 | 37 |
| 10 | 42 | 1.689 | (6,3) | 1.356 | Miami FL | 26 to 20 | 15 | 7 |
| 11 | 43 | 1.645 | (7,3) | 1.245 | Boston College | 45 to 13 | 198 | 160 |
| 12 | 40 | 1.685 | (7,3) | 1.285 | --bye-- |
| 13 | 35 | 1.761 | (8,3) | 1.307 | Louisville | 38 to 6 | 44 | 38 |
| 14 | 46 | 1.626 | (8,4) | 1.293 | California | 35 to 38 | 64 | 68 |
| 15 | 44 | 1.637 | (8,4) | 1.304 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 44 | 1.628 | (8,4) | 1.295 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 43 | 1.638 | (8,4) | 1.305 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 45 | 1.617 | (8,4) | 1.284 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 36 | 1.750 | (9,4) | 1.365 | Arizona | 24 to 19 | 29 | 29 |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |