| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 0 | 9 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 1 | 7 | 0.500 | (1,0) | -0.500 | VMI | 52 to 7 | 518 | 392 |
| 2 | 46 | 1.963 | (2,0) | 0.963 | UAB | 38 to 24 | 107 | 122 |
| 3 | 50 | 1.662 | (3,0) | 0.662 | Tulsa | 42 to 23 | 137 | 147 |
| 4 | 24 | 1.929 | (3,0) | 0.929 | --bye-- |
| 5 | 21 | 2.118 | (4,0) | 1.118 | Rice | 21 to 13 | 62 | 110 |
| 6 | 35 | 1.872 | (5,0) | 0.872 | Air Force | 34 to 31 | 174 | 163 |
| 7 | 31 | 1.906 | (6,0) | 0.906 | Temple | 32 to 31 | 82 | 88 |
| 8 | 34 | 1.864 | (6,0) | 0.864 | --bye-- |
| 9 | 27 | 1.964 | (7,0) | 0.964 | FL Atlantic | 42 to 32 | 117 | 133 |
| 10 | 43 | 1.769 | (7,1) | 1.019 | North Texas | 17 to 31 | 19 | 19 |
| 11 | | | | | Notre Dame | | | 17 |
| 12 | | | | | South Florida | | | 26 |
| 13 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 14 | | | | | Memphis | | | 32 |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | Army | | | 77 |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |