| 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 | Alabama St | 52 to 42 | 518 | 174 |
| 2 | 107 | 0.963 | (1,1) | 0.963 | Navy | 24 to 38 | 46 | 43 |
| 3 | 110 | 1.080 | (2,1) | 0.747 | Akron | 31 to 28 | 328 | 190 |
| 4 | 95 | 1.222 | (2,2) | 1.222 | Tennessee | 24 to 56 | 17 | 31 |
| 5 | 89 | 1.333 | (2,2) | 1.333 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 106 | 1.153 | (2,3) | 1.353 | Army | 13 to 31 | 84 | 77 |
| 7 | 147 | 0.942 | (2,4) | 1.275 | FL Atlantic | 33 to 53 | 121 | 133 |
| 8 | 108 | 1.163 | (3,4) | 1.306 | Memphis | 31 to 24 | 38 | 32 |
| 9 | 96 | 1.256 | (3,4) | 1.399 | --bye-- |
| 10 | 122 | 1.074 | (3,5) | 1.324 | Connecticut | 19 to 38 | 101 | 101 |
| 11 | | | | | Rice | | | 110 |
| 12 | | | | | North Texas | | | 19 |
| 13 | | | | | South Florida | | | 26 |
| 14 | | | | | Tulsa | | | 147 |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |