| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 1 | 726 | -0.500 | (0,1) | 0.500 | Massachusetts | 30 to 41 | 1 | 188 |
| 2 | 424 | -0.500 | (1,1) | -0.500 | Western Illinois | 58 to 21 | 759 | 403 |
| 3 | 92 | 3.594 | (1,2) | 3.927 | Liberty | 17 to 33 | 50 | 27 |
| 4 | 192 | 0.857 | (2,2) | 0.857 | New Mexico | 27 to 17 | 250 | 146 |
| 5 | 269 | 0.410 | (2,3) | 0.610 | Hawaii | 17 to 20 | 157 | 118 |
| 6 | 251 | 0.431 | (2,3) | 0.631 | --bye-- |
| 7 | 184 | 0.728 | (3,3) | 0.728 | Florida Intl | 34 to 17 | 170 | 210 |
| 8 | 160 | 0.816 | (4,3) | 0.673 | Sam Houston St | 27 to 13 | 251 | 229 |
| 9 | 145 | 0.911 | (5,3) | 0.661 | UTEP | 28 to 7 | 208 | 186 |
| 10 | 123 | 1.054 | (6,3) | 0.720 | Louisiana Tech | 27 to 24 | 215 | 243 |
| 11 | 108 | 1.140 | (7,3) | 0.740 | Middle Tennessee St | 13 to 7 | 160 | 151 |
| 12 | 92 | 1.249 | (8,3) | 0.795 | Western Kentucky | 38 to 29 | 93 | 80 |
| 13 | 70 | 1.382 | (9,3) | 0.882 | Auburn | 31 to 10 | 48 | 62 |
| 14 | 62 | 1.495 | (10,3) | 0.956 | Jacksonville St | 20 to 17 | 82 | 75 |
| 15 | 66 | 1.385 | (10,4) | 0.957 | Liberty | 35 to 49 | 21 | 27 |
| 16 | 68 | 1.381 | (10,4) | 0.952 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 76 | 1.299 | (10,5) | 0.966 | Fresno St | 10 to 37 | 55 | 58 |
| 18 | 77 | 1.285 | (10,5) | 0.951 | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |