| 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 | California | 21 to 58 | 29 | 45 |
| 3 | 89 | 3.594 | (0,2) | 4.594 | Florida Intl | 39 to 46 | 48 | 210 |
| 4 | 163 | 0.998 | (1,2) | 1.331 | Louisiana Tech | 40 to 37 | 196 | 243 |
| 5 | 198 | 0.706 | (1,2) | 1.040 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 149 | 0.909 | (2,2) | 0.909 | Abilene Christian | 45 to 31 | 329 | 245 |
| 7 | 201 | 0.663 | (2,3) | 0.863 | Navy | 24 to 27 | 119 | 153 |
| 8 | 161 | 0.815 | (3,3) | 0.815 | Temple | 45 to 14 | 239 | 236 |
| 9 | 155 | 0.812 | (3,4) | 0.955 | Tulane | 28 to 35 | 32 | 38 |
| 10 | 169 | 0.778 | (3,5) | 1.028 | Memphis | 42 to 45 | 49 | 42 |
| 11 | 175 | 0.739 | (3,6) | 1.072 | Texas-San Antonio | 29 to 37 | 69 | 63 |
| 12 | 195 | 0.690 | (3,7) | 1.090 | SMU | 21 to 45 | 64 | 50 |
| 13 | 172 | 0.779 | (4,7) | 1.052 | Tulsa | 35 to 28 | 203 | 178 |
| 14 | 145 | 0.930 | (5,7) | 1.097 | Alabama-Birmingham | 45 to 42 | 163 | 169 |
| 15 | 146 | 0.857 | (5,7) | 1.024 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 147 | 0.841 | (5,7) | 1.007 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 148 | 0.815 | (5,7) | 0.982 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 149 | 0.811 | (5,7) | 0.978 | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |