| 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 | Appalachian St | 24 to 45 | 29 | 56 |
| 3 | 54 | 4.594 | (1,1) | 4.594 | Elon | 34 to 27 | 94 | 181 |
| 4 | 143 | 1.159 | (1,2) | 1.493 | Tennessee St | 25 to 27 | 56 | 254 |
| 5 | 190 | 0.737 | (1,3) | 1.237 | East Carolina | 0 to 44 | 105 | 214 |
| 6 | 181 | 0.781 | (1,3) | 1.281 | --bye-- |
| 7 | 192 | 0.704 | (2,3) | 0.904 | Robert Morris | 31 to 16 | 339 | 300 |
| 8 | 258 | 0.432 | (2,4) | 0.765 | Austin Peay | 14 to 41 | 117 | 101 |
| 9 | 229 | 0.536 | (3,4) | 0.678 | Eastern Kentucky | 35 to 32 | 195 | 198 |
| 10 | 163 | 0.802 | (4,4) | 0.802 | Tennessee-Martin | 38 to 34 | 84 | 106 |
| 11 | 137 | 0.928 | (5,4) | 0.817 | Bryant | 45 to 44 | 238 | 206 |
| 12 | 127 | 0.971 | (6,4) | 0.771 | Tennessee Tech | 35 to 0 | 322 | 291 |
| 13 | 127 | 1.000 | (7,4) | 0.727 | Charleston Southern | 34 to 10 | 272 | 273 |
| 14 | 140 | 0.954 | (7,5) | 0.788 | Mercer | 7 to 17 | 105 | 112 |
| 15 | 145 | 0.864 | (7,5) | 0.697 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 145 | 0.858 | (7,5) | 0.691 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 145 | 0.847 | (7,5) | 0.680 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 144 | 0.838 | (7,5) | 0.672 | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |