| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 0 | 9 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 1 | 518 | -0.500 | (0,1) | 0.500 | ETSU | 17 to 45 | 7 | 211 |
| 2 | 99 | 1.015 | (0,2) | 2.015 | SE Louisiana | 24 to 45 | 39 | 137 |
| 3 | 463 | -0.452 | (0,3) | 0.548 | Georgia St | 21 to 37 | 167 | 196 |
| 4 | 352 | -0.041 | (0,4) | 0.959 | Jacksonville St | 10 to 45 | 189 | 124 |
| 5 | 338 | -0.036 | (0,4) | 0.964 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 355 | -0.103 | (0,5) | 0.897 | South Dakota | 24 to 49 | 129 | 105 |
| 7 | 335 | -0.003 | (0,6) | 0.997 | Illinois St | 32 to 46 | 117 | 113 |
| 8 | 321 | 0.030 | (0,7) | 1.030 | S Dakota St | 14 to 35 | 43 | 79 |
| 9 | 337 | -0.020 | (0,8) | 0.980 | Youngstown St | 17 to 51 | 144 | 149 |
| 10 | 335 | -0.020 | (0,9) | 0.980 | S Illinois | 7 to 27 | 139 | 139 |
| 11 | | | | | Northern Iowa | | | 244 |
| 12 | | | | | North Dakota | | | 107 |
| 13 | | | | | Indiana St | | | 150 |
| 14 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |