| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 0 | 9 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 1 | 1 | 1.500 | (1,0) | 0.500 | Nicholls St | 38 to 20 | 7 | 232 |
| 2 | 36 | 2.015 | (1,1) | 2.015 | Clemson | 16 to 27 | 14 | 99 |
| 3 | 189 | 0.672 | (1,2) | 1.006 | Memphis | 7 to 28 | 59 | 32 |
| 4 | 110 | 1.132 | (2,2) | 1.132 | Buffalo | 21 to 17 | 227 | 157 |
| 5 | 123 | 1.098 | (2,2) | 1.098 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 87 | 1.313 | (3,2) | 1.113 | South Alabama | 31 to 24 | 169 | 194 |
| 7 | 72 | 1.474 | (4,2) | 1.141 | Texas St | 48 to 41 | 127 | 135 |
| 8 | 76 | 1.385 | (5,2) | 0.956 | ULM | 37 to 14 | 126 | 142 |
| 9 | 70 | 1.459 | (6,2) | 0.959 | Louisiana | 35 to 23 | 183 | 164 |
| 10 | 89 | 1.337 | (6,3) | 1.004 | Arkansas St | 10 to 23 | 100 | 100 |
| 11 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 12 | | | | | Old Dominion | | | 47 |
| 13 | | | | | Georgia St | | | 196 |
| 14 | | | | | Southern Miss | | | 56 |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |