| Week | Date | Rank | Rec | Points | FPV | CP | CFP | Last Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Aug 17 | NR | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | RV | -- | DNP |
| 1 | Sep 2 | RV | 1-0 | 4 | 0 | RV | -- | W 58-13 vs UNLV |
| 2 | Sep 7 | RV | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | RV | -- | W 26-23 at UTSA |
| 3 | Sep 14 | RV | 3-0 | 3 | 0 | RV | -- | W 35-28 vs Nevada |
| 4 | Sep 21 | RV | 4-0 | 9 | 0 | RV | -- | W 49-45 vs California |
| 5 | Sep 28 | RV | 4-0 | 43 | 0 | RV | -- | DNP |
| 6 | Oct 5 | 10 | 5-0 | 951 | 0 | 13 | -- | W 31-24 at #2 Oregon |
| 7 | Oct 12 | 16 | 5-1 | 590 | 0 | 17 | -- | L 28-26 vs USC |
| 8 | Oct 19 | 15 | 5-1 | 639 | 0 | 15 | -- | DNP |
| 9 | Oct 26 | 14 | 6-1 | 669 | 0 | 15 | 12 | W 59-37 at Washington State |
| 10 | Nov 2 | 21 | 6-2 | 325 | 0 | 21 | 19 | L 17-7 at #25 UCLA |
| 11 | Nov 9 | 17 | 7-2 | 471 | 0 | 18 | 14 | W 38-20 vs Colorado |
| 12 | Nov 16 | 15 | 8-2 | 695 | 0 | 13 | 15 | W 27-26 vs Washington |
| 13 | Nov 23 | 12 | 9-2 | 807 | 0 | 12 | 11 | W 42-10 at #20 Utah |
| 14 | Nov 30 | 8 | 10-2 | 1027 | 0 | 8 | 7 | W 42-35 vs #13 Arizona State |
| 15 | Dec 7 | 12 | 10-3 | 819 | 0 | 11 | 10 | L 51-13 vs #3 Oregon (Pac-12 CG) |
| Final | Jan 13 | 19 | 10-4 | 499 | 0 | 17 | -- | L 38-30 vs #21 Boise State (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.