| 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 | E Michigan | 52 to 27 | 518 | 252 |
| 2 | 598 | -0.985 | (2,0) | -1.985 | UT San Antonio | 43 to 36 | 665 | 69 |
| 3 | 169 | 0.749 | (2,1) | 0.415 | Arizona St | 15 to 34 | 75 | 23 |
| 4 | 41 | 1.661 | (3,1) | 1.161 | Nicholls St | 35 to 3 | 185 | 232 |
| 5 | 47 | 1.717 | (3,1) | 1.217 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 113 | 1.119 | (3,2) | 0.919 | Arkansas St | 30 to 31 | 159 | 100 |
| 7 | 127 | 1.058 | (3,3) | 1.058 | Troy | 41 to 48 | 72 | 89 |
| 8 | 149 | 0.893 | (3,4) | 1.036 | Marshall | 37 to 40 | 92 | 94 |
| 9 | 140 | 0.950 | (3,4) | 1.093 | --bye-- |
| 10 | 135 | 1.002 | (3,5) | 1.252 | James Madison | 20 to 52 | 30 | 30 |
| 11 | | | | | Louisiana | | | 164 |
| 12 | | | | | Southern Miss | | | 56 |
| 13 | | | | | ULM | | | 142 |
| 14 | | | | | South Alabama | | | 194 |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |