| 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 | Ohio St | 7 to 14 | 7 | 4 |
| 2 | 317 | 0.187 | (1,1) | 0.187 | San Jose St | 38 to 7 | 585 | 168 |
| 3 | 203 | 0.602 | (2,1) | 0.269 | UTEP | 27 to 10 | 367 | 234 |
| 4 | 97 | 1.210 | (3,1) | 0.710 | Sam Houston St | 55 to 0 | 359 | 218 |
| 5 | 66 | 1.521 | (3,1) | 1.021 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 83 | 1.278 | (3,2) | 1.078 | Florida | 21 to 29 | 73 | 69 |
| 7 | 55 | 1.598 | (4,2) | 1.265 | Oklahoma | 23 to 6 | 23 | 8 |
| 8 | 44 | 1.651 | (5,2) | 1.223 | Kentucky | 16 to 13 | 102 | 67 |
| 9 | 38 | 1.744 | (6,2) | 1.244 | Mississippi St | 45 to 38 | 72 | 87 |
| 10 | 22 | 1.960 | (7,2) | 1.405 | Vanderbilt | 34 to 31 | 21 | 22 |
| 11 | 20 | 1.963 | (7,2) | 1.408 | --bye-- |
| 12 | 24 | 1.937 | (7,3) | 1.537 | Georgia | 10 to 35 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | 24 | 1.879 | (8,3) | 1.424 | Arkansas | 52 to 37 | 133 | 141 |
| 14 | 18 | 1.971 | (9,3) | 1.471 | Texas A&M | 27 to 17 | 8 | 13 |
| 15 | 19 | 1.980 | (9,3) | 1.480 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 19 | 1.974 | (9,3) | 1.474 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 18 | 1.961 | (9,3) | 1.461 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 20 | 1.947 | (9,3) | 1.447 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 17 | 2.003 | (10,3) | 1.464 | Michigan | 41 to 27 | 18 | 18 |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |