| 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 | Bethune-Cookman | 56 to 14 | 424 | 395 |
| 3 | 8 | 7.139 | (2,0) | 6.139 | Arkansas St | 37 to 3 | 16 | 124 |
| 4 | 19 | 2.472 | (3,0) | 1.472 | Navy | 28 to 24 | 113 | 153 |
| 5 | 30 | 2.092 | (3,1) | 1.592 | Missouri | 27 to 34 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | 26 | 2.048 | (4,1) | 1.448 | Boise St | 35 to 32 | 80 | 46 |
| 7 | 39 | 1.818 | (4,1) | 1.218 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 51 | 1.606 | (4,2) | 1.272 | Tulane | 21 to 31 | 29 | 38 |
| 9 | 49 | 1.569 | (5,2) | 1.140 | Alabama-Birmingham | 45 to 21 | 152 | 169 |
| 10 | 49 | 1.643 | (6,2) | 1.143 | North Texas | 45 to 42 | 169 | 149 |
| 11 | 42 | 1.692 | (7,2) | 1.136 | South Florida | 59 to 50 | 110 | 99 |
| 12 | 39 | 1.684 | (8,2) | 1.084 | UNC-Charlotte | 44 to 38 | 199 | 220 |
| 13 | 45 | 1.576 | (8,3) | 1.122 | SMU | 34 to 38 | 51 | 50 |
| 14 | 50 | 1.624 | (9,3) | 1.124 | Temple | 45 to 21 | 229 | 236 |
| 15 | 51 | 1.558 | (9,3) | 1.058 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 51 | 1.541 | (9,3) | 1.041 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 53 | 1.518 | (9,3) | 1.018 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 42 | 1.601 | (10,3) | 1.062 | Iowa St | 36 to 26 | 37 | 37 |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |