| 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 | Syracuse | 45 to 26 | 518 | 123 |
| 2 | 17 | 3.015 | (2,0) | 2.015 | ETSU | 72 to 17 | 41 | 166 |
| 3 | 90 | 1.287 | (2,1) | 0.954 | Georgia | 41 to 44 | 22 | 5 |
| 4 | 17 | 2.074 | (3,1) | 1.574 | UAB | 56 to 24 | 95 | 126 |
| 5 | 22 | 2.093 | (4,1) | 1.493 | Mississippi St | 41 to 34 | 39 | 87 |
| 6 | 23 | 1.986 | (4,1) | 1.386 | --bye-- |
| 7 | 25 | 2.034 | (5,1) | 1.367 | Arkansas | 34 to 31 | 83 | 141 |
| 8 | 29 | 1.862 | (5,2) | 1.433 | Alabama | 20 to 37 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | 25 | 1.911 | (6,2) | 1.411 | Kentucky | 56 to 34 | 102 | 67 |
| 10 | 31 | 1.796 | (6,3) | 1.463 | Oklahoma | 27 to 33 | 11 | 8 |
| 11 | 29 | 1.813 | (6,3) | 1.480 | --bye-- |
| 12 | 29 | 1.845 | (7,3) | 1.445 | New Mexico St | 42 to 9 | 165 | 180 |
| 13 | 26 | 1.852 | (8,3) | 1.398 | Florida | 31 to 11 | 77 | 69 |
| 14 | 33 | 1.752 | (8,4) | 1.419 | Vanderbilt | 24 to 45 | 15 | 22 |
| 15 | 33 | 1.762 | (8,4) | 1.429 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 34 | 1.756 | (8,4) | 1.422 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 34 | 1.753 | (8,4) | 1.420 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 34 | 1.737 | (8,4) | 1.404 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 42 | 1.654 | (8,5) | 1.423 | Illinois | 28 to 30 | 19 | 19 |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |