| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 1 | 40 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 2 | 29 | 0.500 | (1,0) | -0.500 | Alcorn St | 40 to 14 | 424 | 274 |
| 3 | 552 | -0.698 | (1,1) | -0.698 | Florida St | 13 to 66 | 405 | 9 |
| 4 | 133 | 1.263 | (1,2) | 1.597 | Tulane | 3 to 21 | 29 | 38 |
| 5 | 195 | 0.718 | (1,3) | 1.218 | Arkansas St | 37 to 44 | 112 | 124 |
| 6 | 186 | 0.760 | (1,4) | 1.360 | Texas St-San Marcos | 36 to 50 | 61 | 91 |
| 7 | 197 | 0.677 | (1,5) | 1.343 | Old Dominion | 13 to 17 | 120 | 108 |
| 8 | 199 | 0.670 | (1,5) | 1.337 | --bye-- |
| 9 | 205 | 0.616 | (1,6) | 1.331 | South Alabama | 3 to 55 | 80 | 96 |
| 10 | 225 | 0.549 | (1,7) | 1.299 | Appalachian St | 38 to 48 | 119 | 56 |
| 11 | 176 | 0.735 | (2,7) | 1.291 | Louisiana-Monroe | 24 to 7 | 216 | 223 |
| 12 | 150 | 0.840 | (3,7) | 1.240 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 34 to 31 | 129 | 145 |
| 13 | 169 | 0.789 | (3,8) | 1.243 | Mississippi St | 20 to 41 | 80 | 85 |
| 14 | 158 | 0.840 | (3,9) | 1.340 | Troy | 17 to 35 | 32 | 32 |
| 15 | 162 | 0.759 | (3,9) | 1.259 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 165 | 0.757 | (3,9) | 1.257 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 166 | 0.739 | (3,9) | 1.239 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 174 | 0.696 | (3,9) | 1.196 | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |