| 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 | Massachusetts | 42 to 10 | 518 | 312 |
| 2 | 49 | 1.864 | (2,0) | 0.864 | Howard | 55 to 7 | 115 | 310 |
| 3 | 141 | 0.900 | (2,1) | 0.566 | Oklahoma | 3 to 42 | 32 | 11 |
| 4 | 81 | 1.290 | (2,2) | 1.290 | Georgia Tech | 24 to 45 | 10 | 9 |
| 5 | 76 | 1.468 | (2,2) | 1.468 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 55 | 1.589 | (3,2) | 1.389 | UT San Antonio | 27 to 21 | 108 | 69 |
| 7 | 82 | 1.383 | (3,3) | 1.383 | Navy | 31 to 32 | 31 | 43 |
| 8 | 82 | 1.330 | (4,3) | 1.187 | Charlotte | 49 to 14 | 202 | 193 |
| 9 | 71 | 1.452 | (5,3) | 1.202 | Tulsa | 38 to 37 | 139 | 147 |
| 10 | 88 | 1.346 | (5,4) | 1.235 | East Carolina | 14 to 45 | 49 | 49 |
| 11 | | | | | Army | | | 77 |
| 12 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 13 | | | | | Tulane | | | 25 |
| 14 | | | | | North Texas | | | 19 |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |