| 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 | Mississippi St | 17 to 34 | 7 | 58 |
| 2 | 54 | 1.632 | (1,1) | 1.632 | Jackson St | 38 to 20 | 123 | 172 |
| 3 | 80 | 1.376 | (2,1) | 1.042 | Appalachian St | 38 to 22 | 186 | 104 |
| 4 | 58 | 1.517 | (2,2) | 1.517 | Louisiana Tech | 20 to 30 | 14 | 76 |
| 5 | 84 | 1.368 | (3,2) | 1.168 | Jacksonville St | 42 to 25 | 222 | 124 |
| 6 | 74 | 1.406 | (3,2) | 1.206 | --bye-- |
| 7 | 65 | 1.561 | (4,2) | 1.227 | Ga Southern | 38 to 35 | 145 | 127 |
| 8 | 57 | 1.583 | (5,2) | 1.155 | Louisiana | 22 to 10 | 175 | 164 |
| 9 | 63 | 1.531 | (6,2) | 1.031 | ULM | 49 to 21 | 141 | 142 |
| 10 | 56 | 1.598 | (6,2) | 1.098 | --bye-- |
| 11 | | | | | Arkansas St | | | 100 |
| 12 | | | | | Texas St | | | 135 |
| 13 | | | | | South Alabama | | | 194 |
| 14 | | | | | Troy | | | 89 |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |