| Week | Date | Rank | Rec | Points | FPV | CP | BCS | Last Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Aug 18 | RV | 39 | -- | ||||
| 1 | Sep 5 | RV | 27 | -- | ||||
| 2 | Sep 10 | RV | 33 | -- | ||||
| 3 | Sep 17 | RV | 18 | -- | ||||
| 4 | Sep 24 | 24 | 3-1 | 77 | 0 | -- | ||
| 5 | Oct 1 | 18 | 4-1 | 539 | 0 | -- | ||
| 6 | Oct 8 | 13 | 5-1 | 739 | 0 | -- | ||
| 7 | Oct 15 | 13 | 5-1 | 772 | 0 | 19 | ||
| 8 | Oct 22 | 21 | 5-2 | 303 | 0 | 24 | ||
| 9 | Oct 29 | 20 | 6-2 | 402 | 0 | 20 | ||
| 10 | Nov 5 | 19 | 7-2 | 493 | 0 | 18 | ||
| 11 | Nov 12 | 18 | 8-2 | 563 | 0 | 18 | ||
| 12 | Nov 19 | 16 | 9-2 | 667 | 0 | 16 | ||
| 13 | Nov 26 | 23 | 9-3 | 210 | 0 | 22 | ||
| 14 | Dec 3 | RV | 53 | 0 | NR | |||
| Final | Jan 9 | RV | 8 | -- |
Note: Georgia Tech's ranking in the final 1961 poll has been changed to unranked after the original AP wire story and poll was revisited and confirmed across several newspapers.