| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 1 | 40 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 2 | 10 | 1.167 | (1,0) | 0.167 | Jackson St | 28 to 10 | 353 | 249 |
| 3 | 287 | 1.264 | (1,1) | 1.264 | South Florida | 24 to 38 | 180 | 99 |
| 4 | 117 | 1.343 | (2,1) | 1.010 | West Florida | 31 to 10 | 169 | 221 |
| 5 | 72 | 1.573 | (3,1) | 1.073 | Alabama St | 23 to 10 | 304 | 266 |
| 6 | 100 | 1.219 | (4,1) | 0.619 | Mississippi Valley St | 31 to 7 | 529 | 533 |
| 7 | 114 | 1.142 | (5,1) | 0.475 | Southern U | 26 to 19 | 296 | 305 |
| 8 | 125 | 1.064 | (5,1) | 0.398 | --bye-- |
| 9 | 108 | 1.138 | (6,1) | 0.423 | Texas Southern | 31 to 21 | 277 | 340 |
| 10 | 117 | 1.105 | (7,1) | 0.355 | Prairie View A&M | 45 to 7 | 386 | 307 |
| 11 | 113 | 1.119 | (8,1) | 0.342 | Alabama A&M | 42 to 28 | 346 | 375 |
| 12 | 124 | 0.981 | (9,1) | 0.181 | Lincoln CA | 28 to 0 | 565 | 571 |
| 13 | 146 | 0.897 | (10,1) | 0.079 | Bethune-Cookman | 24 to 7 | 423 | 395 |
| 14 | 135 | 0.975 | (10,1) | 0.156 | --bye-- |
| 15 | 133 | 0.918 | (11,1) | 0.084 | Prairie View A&M | 35 to 14 | 305 | 307 |
| 16 | 136 | 0.911 | (11,1) | 0.077 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 130 | 0.935 | (12,1) | 0.089 | Howard | 30 to 26 | 274 | 272 |
| 18 | 129 | 0.938 | (12,1) | 0.092 | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |