| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 1 | 40 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 2 | 2 | 1.500 | (1,0) | 0.500 | Albany NY | 21 to 17 | 29 | 100 |
| 3 | 128 | 2.995 | (2,0) | 1.995 | East Carolina | 31 to 13 | 199 | 214 |
| 4 | 44 | 2.089 | (2,0) | 1.089 | --bye-- |
| 5 | 27 | 2.141 | (3,0) | 1.141 | Virginia Tech | 24 to 17 | 138 | 55 |
| 6 | 22 | 2.116 | (4,0) | 1.116 | Old Dominion | 41 to 35 | 137 | 108 |
| 7 | 36 | 1.831 | (4,1) | 1.231 | North Carolina St | 41 to 48 | 42 | 29 |
| 8 | 58 | 1.535 | (4,2) | 1.202 | Georgia St | 24 to 41 | 37 | 82 |
| 9 | 59 | 1.494 | (4,3) | 1.352 | James Madison | 9 to 20 | 9 | 26 |
| 10 | 73 | 1.406 | (4,4) | 1.406 | Coastal Carolina | 6 to 34 | 46 | 59 |
| 11 | 85 | 1.315 | (4,5) | 1.426 | Appalachian St | 9 to 31 | 91 | 56 |
| 12 | 66 | 1.440 | (5,5) | 1.440 | Georgia Southern | 38 to 33 | 79 | 123 |
| 13 | 87 | 1.264 | (5,6) | 1.355 | South Alabama | 0 to 28 | 81 | 96 |
| 14 | 74 | 1.385 | (6,6) | 1.385 | Arkansas St | 35 to 21 | 106 | 124 |
| 15 | 77 | 1.306 | (6,6) | 1.306 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 77 | 1.312 | (6,6) | 1.312 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 79 | 1.294 | (6,6) | 1.294 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 92 | 1.195 | (6,7) | 1.272 | Texas-San Antonio | 17 to 35 | 63 | 63 |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |