| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 1 | 40 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 2 | 2 | 1.500 | (1,0) | 0.500 | Louisiana Tech | 38 to 14 | 29 | 243 |
| 3 | 17 | 6.139 | (1,1) | 6.139 | Oklahoma | 11 to 28 | 9 | 13 |
| 4 | 102 | 1.459 | (2,1) | 1.126 | Prairie View A&M | 69 to 0 | 363 | 307 |
| 5 | 130 | 1.114 | (2,2) | 1.114 | TCU | 17 to 34 | 48 | 70 |
| 6 | 96 | 1.251 | (3,2) | 1.051 | UNC-Charlotte | 34 to 16 | 208 | 220 |
| 7 | 98 | 1.275 | (3,2) | 1.075 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 90 | 1.316 | (4,2) | 0.983 | East Carolina | 31 to 10 | 198 | 214 |
| 9 | 84 | 1.278 | (5,2) | 0.849 | Temple | 55 to 0 | 247 | 236 |
| 10 | 78 | 1.330 | (6,2) | 0.830 | Tulsa | 69 to 10 | 141 | 178 |
| 11 | 65 | 1.423 | (7,2) | 0.867 | Rice | 36 to 31 | 123 | 127 |
| 12 | 64 | 1.445 | (8,2) | 0.845 | North Texas | 45 to 21 | 195 | 149 |
| 13 | 51 | 1.542 | (9,2) | 0.905 | Memphis | 38 to 34 | 45 | 42 |
| 14 | 48 | 1.639 | (10,2) | 0.972 | Navy | 59 to 14 | 144 | 153 |
| 15 | 36 | 1.661 | (11,2) | 0.969 | Tulane | 26 to 14 | 32 | 38 |
| 16 | 37 | 1.645 | (11,2) | 0.953 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 40 | 1.630 | (11,2) | 0.938 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 50 | 1.520 | (11,3) | 0.949 | Boston College | 14 to 23 | 66 | 66 |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |