| 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 | Charleston So | 45 to 3 | 518 | 202 |
| 2 | 423 | -0.485 | (2,0) | -1.485 | Virginia Tech | 44 to 20 | 632 | 107 |
| 3 | 187 | 0.677 | (3,0) | -0.323 | South Carolina | 31 to 7 | 251 | 76 |
| 4 | 46 | 1.626 | (4,0) | 0.626 | Georgia St | 70 to 21 | 125 | 211 |
| 5 | 13 | 2.218 | (5,0) | 1.218 | Utah St | 55 to 35 | 78 | 106 |
| 6 | 28 | 1.922 | (5,1) | 1.256 | Alabama | 14 to 30 | 11 | 11 |
| 7 | 29 | 1.885 | (5,1) | 1.218 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 15 | 2.062 | (6,1) | 1.348 | LSU | 31 to 24 | 20 | 39 |
| 9 | 12 | 2.134 | (7,1) | 1.384 | Missouri | 17 to 10 | 39 | 49 |
| 10 | 21 | 1.997 | (7,2) | 1.441 | Texas | 31 to 34 | 22 | 17 |
| 11 | 16 | 2.034 | (8,2) | 1.434 | Auburn | 45 to 38 | 67 | 72 |
| 12 | 18 | 2.014 | (8,2) | 1.414 | --bye-- |
| 13 | 16 | 2.041 | (9,2) | 1.405 | Kentucky | 45 to 17 | 57 | 67 |
| 14 | 15 | 2.059 | (10,2) | 1.392 | Tennessee | 45 to 24 | 33 | 42 |
| 15 | 16 | 2.061 | (10,2) | 1.395 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 16 | 2.056 | (10,2) | 1.389 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 16 | 2.056 | (10,2) | 1.389 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 16 | 2.030 | (10,2) | 1.363 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 22 | 1.928 | (10,3) | 1.389 | Iowa | 27 to 34 | 27 | 27 |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |