| 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 | Bowling Green | 34 to 24 | 424 | 94 |
| 3 | 50 | 4.594 | (2,0) | 3.594 | New Mexico St | 33 to 17 | 92 | 77 |
| 4 | 58 | 1.887 | (3,0) | 0.887 | Buffalo | 55 to 27 | 309 | 231 |
| 5 | 53 | 1.711 | (4,0) | 0.711 | Florida Intl | 38 to 6 | 156 | 210 |
| 6 | 41 | 1.855 | (4,0) | 0.855 | --bye-- |
| 7 | 33 | 1.854 | (5,0) | 0.854 | Sam Houston St | 21 to 16 | 231 | 229 |
| 8 | 30 | 1.892 | (6,0) | 0.892 | Jacksonville St | 31 to 13 | 79 | 75 |
| 9 | 27 | 1.911 | (7,0) | 0.911 | Middle Tennessee St | 42 to 35 | 139 | 151 |
| 10 | 22 | 2.013 | (8,0) | 1.013 | Western Kentucky | 42 to 29 | 74 | 80 |
| 11 | 27 | 1.950 | (9,0) | 0.950 | Louisiana Tech | 56 to 30 | 223 | 243 |
| 12 | 23 | 1.945 | (10,0) | 0.945 | Old Dominion | 38 to 10 | 111 | 108 |
| 13 | 23 | 1.942 | (11,0) | 0.942 | Massachusetts | 49 to 25 | 156 | 188 |
| 14 | 25 | 1.967 | (12,0) | 0.967 | UTEP | 42 to 28 | 182 | 186 |
| 15 | 21 | 1.928 | (13,0) | 0.928 | New Mexico St | 49 to 35 | 66 | 77 |
| 16 | 21 | 1.924 | (13,0) | 0.924 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 23 | 1.893 | (13,0) | 0.893 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 27 | 1.836 | (13,1) | 0.979 | Oregon | 6 to 45 | 6 | 6 |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |