| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 1 | 1 | 0.500 | (1,0) | -0.500 | Florida Intl | 22 to 17 | 726 | 210 |
| 2 | 29 | 0.500 | (1,1) | 0.500 | SMU | 14 to 38 | 2 | 50 |
| 3 | 37 | 5.139 | (2,1) | 4.806 | Northwestern St | 51 to 21 | 85 | 532 |
| 4 | 196 | 0.824 | (2,2) | 0.824 | North Texas | 37 to 40 | 163 | 149 |
| 5 | 233 | 0.546 | (2,3) | 0.746 | Nebraska | 14 to 28 | 100 | 81 |
| 6 | 167 | 0.817 | (3,3) | 0.817 | UTEP | 24 to 10 | 232 | 186 |
| 7 | 181 | 0.748 | (3,4) | 0.891 | Western Kentucky | 28 to 35 | 55 | 80 |
| 8 | 197 | 0.674 | (3,5) | 0.924 | Middle Tennessee St | 23 to 31 | 129 | 151 |
| 9 | 207 | 0.608 | (3,5) | 0.858 | --bye-- |
| 10 | 215 | 0.584 | (3,6) | 0.917 | New Mexico St | 24 to 27 | 123 | 77 |
| 11 | 223 | 0.591 | (3,7) | 0.991 | Liberty | 30 to 56 | 27 | 27 |
| 12 | 240 | 0.467 | (3,8) | 0.922 | Sam Houston St | 27 to 42 | 246 | 229 |
| 13 | 242 | 0.476 | (3,9) | 0.976 | Jacksonville St | 17 to 56 | 69 | 75 |
| 14 | 232 | 0.534 | (3,9) | 1.034 | --bye-- |
| 15 | 237 | 0.467 | (3,9) | 0.967 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 236 | 0.459 | (3,9) | 0.959 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 241 | 0.435 | (3,9) | 0.935 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 243 | 0.425 | (3,9) | 0.925 | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |