Appalachian St - SunB - FBS - NCAA
| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 1 | 40 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 2 | 29 | 0.500 | (1,0) | -0.500 | Gardner-Webb | 45 to 24 | 424 | 144 |
| 3 | 25 | 5.594 | (1,1) | 5.594 | North Carolina | 34 to 40 | 12 | 41 |
| 4 | 34 | 2.220 | (2,1) | 1.886 | East Carolina | 43 to 28 | 130 | 214 |
| 5 | 56 | 1.705 | (2,2) | 1.705 | Wyoming | 19 to 22 | 17 | 33 |
| 6 | 45 | 1.779 | (3,2) | 1.579 | Louisiana-Monroe | 41 to 40 | 86 | 223 |
| 7 | 54 | 1.660 | (3,2) | 1.460 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 97 | 1.272 | (3,3) | 1.272 | Coastal Carolina | 24 to 27 | 75 | 59 |
| 9 | 123 | 1.028 | (3,4) | 1.171 | Old Dominion | 21 to 28 | 114 | 108 |
| 10 | 119 | 1.102 | (4,4) | 1.102 | Southern Miss | 48 to 38 | 225 | 174 |
| 11 | 91 | 1.279 | (5,4) | 1.168 | Marshall | 31 to 9 | 85 | 92 |
| 12 | 62 | 1.447 | (6,4) | 1.247 | Georgia St | 42 to 14 | 58 | 82 |
| 13 | 53 | 1.533 | (7,4) | 1.260 | James Madison | 26 to 23 | 18 | 26 |
| 14 | 52 | 1.610 | (8,4) | 1.276 | Georgia Southern | 55 to 27 | 107 | 123 |
| 15 | 57 | 1.474 | (8,5) | 1.243 | Troy | 23 to 49 | 29 | 32 |
| 16 | 56 | 1.473 | (8,5) | 1.242 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 52 | 1.523 | (9,5) | 1.237 | Miami OH | 13 to 9 | 60 | 65 |
| 18 | 56 | 1.483 | (9,5) | 1.197 | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |