| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 1 | 726 | -0.500 | (0,1) | 0.500 | Mercer | 7 to 17 | 1 | 112 |
| 2 | 424 | -0.500 | (1,1) | -0.500 | Chattanooga | 41 to 27 | 759 | 137 |
| 3 | 101 | 3.302 | (1,2) | 3.635 | Tarleton St | 31 to 52 | 61 | 158 |
| 4 | 206 | 0.774 | (2,2) | 0.774 | Tennessee Tech | 20 to 7 | 435 | 291 |
| 5 | 169 | 0.836 | (2,3) | 1.036 | Tennessee-Martin | 21 to 37 | 59 | 106 |
| 6 | 225 | 0.530 | (2,4) | 0.863 | Eastern Kentucky | 22 to 32 | 154 | 198 |
| 7 | 266 | 0.396 | (2,4) | 0.729 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 301 | 0.247 | (2,5) | 0.676 | Abilene Christian | 13 to 30 | 254 | 245 |
| 9 | 263 | 0.380 | (3,5) | 0.630 | Utah Tech | 31 to 30 | 253 | 311 |
| 10 | 254 | 0.410 | (3,6) | 0.744 | Austin Peay | 39 to 49 | 97 | 101 |
| 11 | 278 | 0.343 | (3,7) | 0.743 | Central Arkansas | 14 to 27 | 147 | 142 |
| 12 | 268 | 0.343 | (3,7) | 0.743 | --bye-- |
| 13 | 244 | 0.454 | (3,8) | 0.908 | Florida St | 13 to 58 | 7 | 9 |
| 14 | 240 | 0.512 | (3,8) | 0.966 | --bye-- |
| 15 | 244 | 0.427 | (3,8) | 0.881 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 246 | 0.419 | (3,8) | 0.874 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 248 | 0.405 | (3,8) | 0.859 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 250 | 0.391 | (3,8) | 0.846 | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |