| 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 | Lamar | 51 to 0 | 518 | 102 |
| 2 | 138 | 0.578 | (2,0) | -0.422 | W Michigan | 33 to 30 | 414 | 95 |
| 3 | 27 | 2.036 | (3,0) | 1.036 | Washington St | 59 to 10 | 81 | 67 |
| 4 | 8 | 2.420 | (4,0) | 1.420 | Army | 45 to 38 | 93 | 77 |
| 5 | 8 | 2.408 | (5,0) | 1.408 | South Alabama | 36 to 22 | 142 | 194 |
| 6 | 8 | 2.373 | (5,0) | 1.373 | --bye-- |
| 7 | 16 | 2.207 | (5,1) | 1.540 | South Florida | 36 to 63 | 12 | 26 |
| 8 | 16 | 2.113 | (6,1) | 1.398 | UT San Antonio | 55 to 17 | 106 | 69 |
| 9 | 22 | 2.035 | (7,1) | 1.285 | Charlotte | 54 to 20 | 191 | 193 |
| 10 | 19 | 2.095 | (8,1) | 1.317 | Navy | 31 to 17 | 43 | 43 |
| 11 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 12 | | | | | UAB | | | 122 |
| 13 | | | | | Rice | | | 110 |
| 14 | | | | | Temple | | | 88 |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |