| 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 | Morgan St | 38 to 21 | 518 | 415 |
| 2 | 11 | 3.508 | (1,1) | 3.508 | Tulane | 31 to 33 | 3 | 25 |
| 3 | 126 | 1.000 | (1,2) | 1.334 | Auburn | 15 to 31 | 20 | 63 |
| 4 | 224 | 0.461 | (1,3) | 0.961 | Coastal Car | 20 to 38 | 183 | 60 |
| 5 | 142 | 0.948 | (1,4) | 1.548 | North Texas | 22 to 36 | 8 | 19 |
| 6 | 169 | 0.800 | (1,5) | 1.467 | Troy | 24 to 31 | 87 | 89 |
| 7 | 177 | 0.774 | (1,5) | 1.440 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 189 | 0.625 | (1,6) | 1.339 | Arkansas St | 14 to 15 | 131 | 100 |
| 9 | 161 | 0.776 | (2,6) | 1.276 | Georgia St | 38 to 31 | 189 | 196 |
| 10 | 194 | 0.645 | (2,7) | 1.201 | Louisiana | 22 to 31 | 164 | 164 |
| 11 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 12 | | | | | ULM | | | 142 |
| 13 | | | | | Southern Miss | | | 56 |
| 14 | | | | | Texas St | | | 135 |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |