Tennessee St - OVC - FCS - NCAA
| 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 | NC A&T | 24 to 21 | 518 | 356 |
| 2 | 38 | 2.015 | (1,1) | 2.015 | N Dakota St | 3 to 59 | 15 | 34 |
| 3 | 253 | 0.447 | (1,2) | 0.780 | Alabama A&M | 21 to 23 | 111 | 320 |
| 4 | 281 | 0.232 | (1,2) | 0.566 | --bye-- |
| 5 | 309 | 0.095 | (1,3) | 0.595 | Tennessee Tech | 8 to 35 | 134 | 72 |
| 6 | 304 | 0.108 | (1,4) | 0.708 | E Illinois | 7 to 31 | 156 | 259 |
| 7 | 341 | -0.028 | (1,5) | 0.639 | SE Missouri St | 12 to 28 | 261 | 226 |
| 8 | 292 | 0.153 | (2,5) | 0.581 | Howard | 24 to 7 | 310 | 310 |
| 9 | 319 | 0.069 | (2,6) | 0.569 | W Illinois | 16 to 17 | 290 | 285 |
| 10 | 333 | -0.001 | (2,7) | 0.555 | Lindenwood | 13 to 35 | 185 | 185 |
| 11 | | | | | TN Martin | | | 200 |
| 12 | | | | | Gardner Webb | | | 118 |
| 13 | | | | | Charleston So | | | 171 |
| 14 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |