| 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 | Virginia Tech | 17 to 36 | 29 | 55 |
| 3 | 45 | 4.776 | (1,1) | 4.776 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 38 to 31 | 68 | 145 |
| 4 | 202 | 0.786 | (1,2) | 1.119 | Wake Forest | 24 to 27 | 73 | 102 |
| 5 | 179 | 0.796 | (2,2) | 0.796 | TAMU-Commerce | 10 to 9 | 403 | 465 |
| 6 | 137 | 0.972 | (2,3) | 1.172 | Marshall | 35 to 41 | 22 | 92 |
| 7 | 120 | 1.103 | (3,3) | 1.103 | Southern Miss | 17 to 13 | 197 | 174 |
| 8 | 135 | 0.993 | (3,3) | 0.993 | --bye-- |
| 9 | 114 | 1.107 | (4,3) | 0.964 | Appalachian St | 28 to 21 | 123 | 56 |
| 10 | 110 | 1.149 | (4,4) | 1.149 | James Madison | 27 to 30 | 7 | 26 |
| 11 | 114 | 1.108 | (4,5) | 1.219 | Coastal Carolina | 24 to 28 | 43 | 59 |
| 12 | 111 | 1.094 | (4,6) | 1.294 | Liberty | 10 to 38 | 23 | 27 |
| 13 | 109 | 1.123 | (5,6) | 1.214 | Georgia Southern | 20 to 17 | 103 | 123 |
| 14 | 93 | 1.276 | (6,6) | 1.276 | Georgia St | 25 to 24 | 86 | 82 |
| 15 | 94 | 1.195 | (6,6) | 1.195 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 93 | 1.194 | (6,6) | 1.194 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 95 | 1.172 | (6,6) | 1.172 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 108 | 1.079 | (6,7) | 1.156 | Western Kentucky | 35 to 38 | 80 | 80 |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |