| 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 | Georgia St | 63 to 7 | 518 | 212 |
| 2 | 55 | 1.600 | (2,0) | 0.600 | Kentucky | 30 to 23 | 129 | 66 |
| 3 | 21 | 2.180 | (3,0) | 1.180 | Arkansas | 41 to 35 | 51 | 142 |
| 4 | 7 | 2.459 | (4,0) | 1.459 | Tulane | 45 to 10 | 33 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 2.678 | (5,0) | 1.678 | LSU | 24 to 19 | 9 | 41 |
| 6 | 2 | 2.613 | (5,0) | 1.613 | --bye-- |
| 7 | 1 | 2.642 | (6,0) | 1.642 | Washington St | 24 to 21 | 40 | 62 |
| 8 | 8 | 2.287 | (6,1) | 1.572 | Georgia | 35 to 43 | 7 | 4 |
| 9 | 7 | 2.359 | (7,1) | 1.609 | Oklahoma | 34 to 26 | 19 | 9 |
| 10 | 7 | 2.327 | (8,1) | 1.549 | South Carolina | 30 to 14 | 65 | 78 |
| 11 | 6 | 2.247 | (9,1) | 1.447 | Citadel | 49 to 0 | 192 | 246 |
| 12 | 7 | 2.309 | (10,1) | 1.490 | Florida | 34 to 24 | 70 | 70 |
| 13 | 8 | 2.259 | (10,1) | 1.441 | --bye-- |
| 14 | 7 | 2.231 | (11,1) | 1.398 | Mississippi St | 38 to 19 | 76 | 89 |
| 15 | 6 | 2.252 | (11,1) | 1.419 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 6 | 2.246 | (11,1) | 1.412 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 5 | 2.295 | (12,1) | 1.449 | Tulane | 41 to 10 | 17 | 16 |
| 18 | 6 | 2.283 | (12,1) | 1.437 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 3 | 2.344 | (13,1) | 1.487 | Georgia | 39 to 34 | 5 | 4 |
| 20 | 7 | 2.264 | (13,2) | 1.530 | Miami FL | 27 to 31 | 4 | 5 |
| 21 | 7 | 2.258 | (13,2) | 1.525 | --bye-- |