| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 1 | 726 | -0.500 | (0,1) | 0.500 | San Diego St | 13 to 20 | 1 | 134 |
| 2 | 412 | -0.167 | (1,1) | -0.167 | LIU | 27 to 10 | 756 | 382 |
| 3 | 239 | 1.532 | (2,1) | 1.199 | Florida Atlantic | 17 to 10 | 350 | 179 |
| 4 | 135 | 1.250 | (3,1) | 0.750 | Iowa St | 10 to 7 | 187 | 37 |
| 5 | 81 | 1.514 | (4,1) | 0.914 | Bowling Green | 38 to 7 | 120 | 94 |
| 6 | 66 | 1.553 | (4,1) | 0.953 | --bye-- |
| 7 | 53 | 1.687 | (5,1) | 1.021 | Kent St | 42 to 17 | 232 | 337 |
| 8 | 69 | 1.459 | (5,2) | 1.030 | Northern Illinois | 13 to 23 | 114 | 130 |
| 9 | 73 | 1.374 | (6,2) | 0.874 | Western Michigan | 20 to 17 | 174 | 164 |
| 10 | 79 | 1.329 | (6,3) | 0.996 | Miami OH | 16 to 30 | 65 | 65 |
| 11 | 94 | 1.272 | (6,3) | 0.938 | --bye-- |
| 12 | 88 | 1.300 | (7,3) | 0.900 | Buffalo | 20 to 10 | 196 | 231 |
| 13 | 82 | 1.297 | (8,3) | 0.843 | Central Michigan | 34 to 20 | 147 | 154 |
| 14 | 83 | 1.352 | (9,3) | 0.852 | Akron | 25 to 14 | 289 | 298 |
| 15 | 81 | 1.282 | (9,3) | 0.782 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 81 | 1.279 | (9,3) | 0.779 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 75 | 1.313 | (10,3) | 0.775 | Georgia Southern | 41 to 21 | 122 | 123 |
| 18 | 79 | 1.282 | (10,3) | 0.743 | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |