| Week | Date | Rank | Rec | Points | FPV | CP | Last Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Aug 17 | 14 | 0-0 | 695 | 0 | DNP | |
| 1 | Aug 31 | 13 | 0-0 | 748 | 0 | DNP | |
| 2 | Sep 7 | 13 | 1-0 | 764 | 0 | W 24-6 vs UTEP | |
| 3 | Sep 14 | 15 | 2-0 | 701 | 0 | W 16-13 vs Pacific | |
| 4 | Sep 21 | 15 | 3-0 | 680 | 0 | W 16-14 at Illinois | |
| 5 | Sep 28 | 12 | 4-0 | 782 | 0 | W 33-0 at Oregon State | |
| 6 | Oct 5 | 12 | 5-0 | 914 | 0 | W 38-7 vs USC | |
| 7 | Oct 12 | 11 | 5-0 | 957 | 0 | DNP | |
| 8 | Oct 19 | 7 | 6-0 | 1117 | 0 | W 27-24 vs Stanford | |
| 9 | Oct 26 | 7 | 7-0 | 1143 | 0 | W 9-6 vs Washington State | |
| 10 | Nov 2 | 14 | 7-1 | 705 | 0 | L 37-17 at UCLA | |
| 11 | Nov 9 | 13 | 8-1 | 796 | 0 | W 31-10 vs Oregon | |
| 12 | Nov 16 | 19 | 8-2 | 478 | 0 | L 24-20 at California | |
| 13 | Nov 23 | 19 | 8-2 | 442 | 0 | DNP | |
| 14 | Nov 30 | 17 | 9-2 | 551 | 0 | W 34-20 at Arizona State | |
| 15 | Dec 7 | 16 | 9-2 | 583 | 0 | DNP | |
| Final | Jan 3 | 10 | 10-2 | 992 | 0 | W 29-0 vs #10 Miami (FL) (Fiesta) |
Note: Arizona'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.