| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 1 | 1 | 0.500 | (1,0) | -0.500 | UTEP | 17 to 14 | 726 | 186 |
| 2 | 21 | 0.833 | (2,0) | -0.167 | East Tennessee St | 49 to 3 | 412 | 309 |
| 3 | 261 | 1.281 | (2,1) | 0.947 | Coastal Carolina | 16 to 30 | 157 | 59 |
| 4 | 162 | 1.004 | (2,1) | 0.670 | --bye-- |
| 5 | 113 | 1.260 | (3,1) | 0.760 | Eastern Michigan | 21 to 0 | 199 | 176 |
| 6 | 111 | 1.146 | (4,1) | 0.546 | Sam Houston St | 35 to 28 | 279 | 229 |
| 7 | 85 | 1.377 | (5,1) | 0.710 | Middle Tennessee St | 45 to 30 | 141 | 151 |
| 8 | 79 | 1.384 | (5,2) | 0.955 | Liberty | 13 to 31 | 30 | 27 |
| 9 | 63 | 1.456 | (6,2) | 0.956 | Western Kentucky | 20 to 17 | 71 | 80 |
| 10 | 55 | 1.538 | (7,2) | 0.982 | Florida Intl | 41 to 16 | 173 | 210 |
| 11 | 73 | 1.381 | (7,3) | 0.981 | South Carolina | 28 to 38 | 76 | 64 |
| 12 | 76 | 1.380 | (7,3) | 0.980 | --bye-- |
| 13 | 69 | 1.390 | (8,3) | 0.935 | Louisiana Tech | 56 to 17 | 242 | 243 |
| 14 | 82 | 1.356 | (8,4) | 1.023 | New Mexico St | 17 to 20 | 62 | 77 |
| 15 | 82 | 1.280 | (8,4) | 0.947 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 82 | 1.274 | (8,4) | 0.940 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 78 | 1.294 | (9,4) | 0.910 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 34 to 31 | 143 | 145 |
| 18 | 75 | 1.291 | (9,4) | 0.906 | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |