| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 1 | 40 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 2 | 424 | -0.500 | (0,1) | 0.500 | Oklahoma | 0 to 73 | 29 | 13 |
| 3 | 16 | 6.139 | (0,2) | 7.139 | Memphis | 3 to 37 | 8 | 42 |
| 4 | 105 | 1.446 | (1,2) | 1.780 | Stony Brook | 31 to 7 | 300 | 440 |
| 5 | 112 | 1.262 | (2,2) | 1.262 | Southern Miss | 44 to 37 | 195 | 174 |
| 6 | 98 | 1.226 | (3,2) | 1.026 | Massachusetts | 52 to 28 | 280 | 188 |
| 7 | 111 | 1.162 | (3,3) | 1.162 | Troy | 3 to 37 | 37 | 32 |
| 8 | 112 | 1.148 | (3,3) | 1.148 | --bye-- |
| 9 | 131 | 0.988 | (3,4) | 1.131 | Coastal Carolina | 17 to 27 | 60 | 59 |
| 10 | 115 | 1.112 | (4,4) | 1.112 | Louisiana-Monroe | 34 to 24 | 203 | 223 |
| 11 | 97 | 1.265 | (5,4) | 1.154 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 37 to 17 | 103 | 145 |
| 12 | 105 | 1.152 | (5,5) | 1.152 | South Alabama | 14 to 21 | 97 | 96 |
| 13 | 94 | 1.219 | (6,5) | 1.129 | Texas St-San Marcos | 77 to 31 | 108 | 91 |
| 14 | 106 | 1.177 | (6,6) | 1.177 | Marshall | 21 to 35 | 74 | 92 |
| 15 | 104 | 1.107 | (6,6) | 1.107 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 103 | 1.108 | (6,6) | 1.108 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 108 | 1.083 | (6,6) | 1.083 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 124 | 0.971 | (6,7) | 1.047 | Northern Illinois | 19 to 21 | 130 | 130 |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |