| Week | Date | Rank | Rec | Points | FPV | CP | BCS | Last Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Aug 20 | NR | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | RV | -- | DNP |
| 1 | Sep 6 | RV | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | RV | -- | W 63-21 vs Western Carolina |
| 2 | Sep 11 | RV | 2-0 | 2 | 0 | RV | -- | W 49-21 at Middle Tennessee |
| 3 | Sep 18 | 25 | 3-0 | 59 | 0 | 24 | -- | W 66-24 at Kansas |
| 4 | Sep 25 | 21 | 4-0 | 298 | 0 | 21 | -- | W 35-28 vs North Carolina |
| 5 | Oct 2 | 13 | 5-0 | 667 | 0 | 13 | -- | W 45-35 at NC State |
| 6 | Oct 9 | 12 | 6-0 | 741 | 0 | 12 | -- | W 21-16 vs Maryland |
| 7 | Oct 16 | 20 | 6-1 | 281 | 0 | 19 | 22 | L 24-21 at Virginia |
| 8 | Oct 23 | RV | 6-2 | 30 | 0 | RV | NR | L 24-7 at Miami (FL) |
| 9 | Oct 30 | 22 | 7-2 | 230 | 0 | 23 | 23 | W 31-17 vs #6 Clemson |
| 10 | Nov 6 | 20 | 7-2 | 340 | 0 | 19 | 21 | DNP |
| 11 | Nov 13 | RV | 7-3 | 66 | 0 | 23 | NR | L 37-26 vs #10 Virginia Tech |
| 12 | Nov 20 | 25 | 8-3 | 77 | 0 | 21 | 23 | W 38-31 at Duke |
| 13 | Nov 27 | RV | 8-4 | 16 | 0 | RV | NR | L 31-17 vs #13 Georgia |
| 14 | Dec 4 | RV | 8-4 | 7 | 0 | RV | NR | DNP |
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.