| Rnk | Team | W0: Aug21 | W1: Aug28 | W2: Sep4 | W3: Sep11 | W4: Sep18 | W5: Sep25 | W6: Oct2 | W7: Oct9 | W8: Oct16 | W9: Oct23 | W10: Oct30 | W11: Nov6 | W12: Nov13 | W13: Nov20 | W14: Nov27 | W15: Dec4 | W16: Dec11 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | | @ 14 Miami(Sun) | | 24 TAM | 111 Purdue | @ 42 Arkansas | 25 Boise | 63 NC St | 21 USC | | @ 57 BC | 70 Navy | @ 56 Pitt | 48 Syracuse | @ 101 Stanford | | |
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| 14 | Miami-Florida | | 3 ND(Sun) | B-C College | 94 USF | 23 Florida | | @ 76 FSU† | | 20 LOU†(Fri) | 101 Stanford† | @ 16 SMU† | 48 Syracuse† | 63 NC St† | @ 44 VT† | @ 56 Pitt† | | |
| 24 | Texas A&M | | 71 UTSA | 111 Utah St | @ 3 ND | | 51 Auburn† | 83 MS St† | 23 Florida† | @ 42 Arkansas† | @ 16 LSU† | | @ 24 Mizzou† | 17 S Car† | Samford | @ 5 Texas†(Fri) | | |
| 111 | Purdue | | 125 Ball St | SIU | 21 USC† | @ 3 ND | | 36 Illinois† | @ 31 Minnesota† | @ 88 NW† | 53 Rutgers† | @ 17 Michigan† | 1 OSU† | @ 40 Washington† | | 18 Indiana†(Fri) | | |
| 42 | Arkansas | | AL A&M | v 106 Ark. St. | @ 8 Ole Miss† | @ 41 Memphis | 3 ND | | @ 10 TEN† | 24 TAM† | 51 Auburn† | 83 MS St† | | @ 16 LSU† | @ 5 Texas† | 24 Mizzou† | | |
| 25 | Boise State | | @ 94 USF(Thu) | E WA(Fri) | | @ 97 AFA† | 97 App. St. | @ 3 ND | 117 NM† | 65 UNLV† | @ 115 Nevada†(Fri) | 84 Fresno St† | | @ 120 SDSU† | 96 CSU† | @ 111 Utah St†(Fri) | | |
| 63 | North Carolina State | | 87 ECU(Thu) | 80 VA† | @ 89 WF†(Thu) | @ 50 Duke† | 44 VT† | Campbell | @ 3 ND | | @ 56 Pitt† | 48 GT† | | @ 14 Miami† | 76 FSU†(Fri) | 56 UNC† | | |
| 21 | Southern California | | 123 MO State | 85 Georgia So | @ 111 Purdue† | 72 MSU† | @ 36 Illinois† | | 17 Michigan† | @ 3 ND | | @ 44 Nebraska† | 88 NW†(Fri) | 26 Iowa† | @ 5 Oregon† | 50 UCLA† | | |
| 57 | Boston College | | Fordham | @ 72 MSU | @ 101 Stanford† | | 64 CAL† | @ 56 Pitt† | 18 Clemson† | 87 UConn | @ 20 LOU† | 3 ND | 16 SMU† | 48 GT† | | @ 48 Syracuse† | | |
| 70 | Navy | | VMI | 116 UAB† | @ 131 Tulsa† | | 109 Rice† | 97 AFA | @ 128 Temple† | | 121 FAU† | @ 101 UNT† | @ 3 ND | 94 USF† | | @ 41 Memphis†(Thu) | | 53 Army† |
| 56 | Pittsburgh | | Duquesne | 123 CMU | @ 64 WV | | 20 LOU† | 57 BC† | @ 76 FSU† | @ 48 Syracuse† | 63 NC St† | @ 101 Stanford† | | 3 ND | @ 48 GT† | 14 Miami† | | |
| 48 | Syracuse | | v 10 TEN | 87 UConn | Colgate(Fri) | @ 18 Clemson† | 50 Duke† | @ 16 SMU† | | 56 Pitt† | @ 48 GT† | 56 UNC†(Fri) | @ 14 Miami† | | @ 3 ND | 57 BC† | | |
| 101 | Stanford | @ 114 Hawaii | | @ 25 BYU | 57 BC† | @ 80 VA† | | | @ 16 SMU† | 76 FSU† | @ 14 Miami†
90 San Jose St(Mon) | 56 Pitt† | @ 56 UNC† | | 64 CAL† | 3 ND | | |
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