| 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 | LSU | 10 to 17 | 7 | 41 |
| 2 | 14 | 3.015 | (1,1) | 3.015 | Troy | 27 to 16 | 36 | 95 |
| 3 | 67 | 1.440 | (1,2) | 1.774 | Georgia Tech | 21 to 24 | 18 | 32 |
| 4 | 71 | 1.400 | (1,3) | 1.900 | Syracuse | 21 to 34 | 54 | 122 |
| 5 | 87 | 1.320 | (1,3) | 1.820 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 66 | 1.454 | (2,3) | 1.654 | North Carolina | 38 to 10 | 141 | 115 |
| 7 | 68 | 1.479 | (3,3) | 1.479 | Boston College | 41 to 10 | 235 | 160 |
| 8 | 89 | 1.235 | (3,4) | 1.378 | SMU | 24 to 35 | 46 | 36 |
| 9 | 87 | 1.243 | (3,4) | 1.386 | --bye-- |
| 10 | 99 | 1.155 | (3,5) | 1.405 | Duke | 45 to 46 | 41 | 31 |
| 11 | 85 | 1.267 | (4,5) | 1.378 | Florida St | 24 to 10 | 79 | 82 |
| 12 | 66 | 1.428 | (5,5) | 1.428 | Louisville | 20 to 19 | 37 | 37 |
| 13 | 66 | 1.404 | (6,5) | 1.313 | Furman | 45 to 10 | 209 | 210 |
| 14 | 60 | 1.462 | (7,5) | 1.296 | South Carolina | 28 to 14 | 70 | 78 |
| 15 | 59 | 1.476 | (7,5) | 1.309 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 58 | 1.470 | (7,5) | 1.303 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 57 | 1.474 | (7,5) | 1.307 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 67 | 1.384 | (7,6) | 1.307 | Penn St | 10 to 22 | 40 | 40 |
| 19 | 64 | 1.417 | (7,6) | 1.340 | --bye-- |
| 20 | 63 | 1.416 | (7,6) | 1.339 | --bye-- |
| 21 | 63 | 1.413 | (7,6) | 1.336 | --bye-- |