Mississippi St - SEC - FBS - NCAA
| 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 | Southern Miss | 34 to 17 | 518 | 111 |
| 2 | 19 | 2.632 | (2,0) | 1.632 | Arizona St | 24 to 20 | 53 | 33 |
| 3 | 31 | 1.967 | (3,0) | 0.967 | Alcorn St | 63 to 0 | 317 | 346 |
| 4 | 16 | 2.138 | (4,0) | 1.138 | N Illinois | 38 to 10 | 131 | 224 |
| 5 | 39 | 1.802 | (4,1) | 1.202 | Tennessee | 34 to 41 | 22 | 42 |
| 6 | 46 | 1.673 | (4,2) | 1.339 | Texas A&M | 9 to 31 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | 51 | 1.631 | (4,2) | 1.298 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 69 | 1.413 | (4,3) | 1.270 | Florida | 21 to 23 | 51 | 70 |
| 9 | 72 | 1.364 | (4,4) | 1.364 | Texas | 38 to 45 | 38 | 17 |
| 10 | 58 | 1.489 | (5,4) | 1.378 | Arkansas | 38 to 35 | 112 | 142 |
| 11 | 56 | 1.477 | (5,5) | 1.477 | Georgia | 21 to 41 | 5 | 4 |
| 12 | 63 | 1.437 | (5,6) | 1.528 | Missouri | 27 to 49 | 34 | 50 |
| 13 | 69 | 1.360 | (5,6) | 1.451 | --bye-- |
| 14 | 76 | 1.308 | (5,7) | 1.475 | Mississippi | 19 to 38 | 7 | 7 |
| 15 | 75 | 1.324 | (5,7) | 1.491 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 75 | 1.314 | (5,7) | 1.481 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 73 | 1.310 | (5,7) | 1.476 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 80 | 1.289 | (5,7) | 1.456 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 87 | 1.234 | (5,8) | 1.464 | Wake Forest | 29 to 43 | 37 | 38 |
| 20 | 88 | 1.221 | (5,8) | 1.452 | --bye-- |
| 21 | 89 | 1.219 | (5,8) | 1.450 | --bye-- |