| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 0 | 1 | 0.500 | (1,0) | -0.500 | Sam Houston St | 41 to 24 | 694 | 263 |
| 1 | 6 | 0.500 | (2,0) | -0.500 | North Alabama | 55 to 6 | 516 | 291 |
| 2 | 622 | -1.400 | (2,1) | -1.733 | Toledo | 21 to 45 | 405 | 143 |
| 3 | 368 | -0.024 | (2,1) | -0.357 | --bye-- |
| 4 | 181 | 0.657 | (3,1) | 0.157 | Nevada | 31 to 16 | 257 | 216 |
| 5 | 120 | 1.103 | (4,1) | 0.503 | Missouri St | 27 to 22 | 178 | 78 |
| 6 | 82 | 1.332 | (5,1) | 0.666 | Delaware | 27 to 24 | 100 | 136 |
| 7 | 85 | 1.377 | (5,1) | 0.710 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 112 | 1.154 | (5,2) | 0.725 | Florida Intl | 6 to 25 | 121 | 145 |
| 9 | 82 | 1.349 | (6,2) | 0.849 | Louisiana Tech | 28 to 27 | 77 | 76 |
| 10 | 82 | 1.374 | (7,2) | 0.819 | New Mexico St | 35 to 16 | 175 | 175 |
| 11 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 12 | | | | | MTSU | | | 245 |
| 13 | | | | | LSU | | | 27 |
| 14 | | | | | Jacksonville St | | | 124 |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |