Middle Tennessee St - C-USA - FBS - NCAA
| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 1 | 40 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 2 | 424 | -0.500 | (0,1) | 0.500 | Alabama | 7 to 56 | 29 | 5 |
| 3 | 6 | 7.557 | (0,2) | 8.557 | Missouri | 19 to 23 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 51 | 1.994 | (1,2) | 2.327 | Murray St | 35 to 14 | 147 | 284 |
| 5 | 65 | 1.622 | (1,3) | 2.122 | Colorado St | 23 to 31 | 55 | 128 |
| 6 | 94 | 1.277 | (1,4) | 1.877 | Western Kentucky | 10 to 31 | 47 | 80 |
| 7 | 141 | 0.932 | (1,5) | 1.599 | Jacksonville St | 30 to 45 | 85 | 75 |
| 8 | 129 | 1.025 | (2,5) | 1.453 | Louisiana Tech | 31 to 23 | 197 | 243 |
| 9 | 139 | 0.937 | (2,6) | 1.437 | Liberty | 35 to 42 | 27 | 27 |
| 10 | 133 | 0.952 | (2,6) | 1.452 | --bye-- |
| 11 | 160 | 0.814 | (2,7) | 1.370 | New Mexico St | 7 to 13 | 108 | 77 |
| 12 | 143 | 0.898 | (3,7) | 1.298 | Florida Intl | 40 to 6 | 207 | 210 |
| 13 | 131 | 0.977 | (4,7) | 1.250 | UTEP | 34 to 30 | 199 | 186 |
| 14 | 149 | 0.896 | (4,8) | 1.229 | Sam Houston St | 20 to 23 | 224 | 229 |
| 15 | 154 | 0.826 | (4,8) | 1.159 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 151 | 0.819 | (4,8) | 1.153 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 153 | 0.795 | (4,8) | 1.128 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 151 | 0.798 | (4,8) | 1.131 | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |