| 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 | Akron | 24 to 21 | 424 | 298 |
| 3 | 259 | 1.281 | (1,1) | 1.281 | Rutgers | 7 to 36 | 159 | 44 |
| 4 | 81 | 1.635 | (2,1) | 1.302 | Norfolk St | 41 to 9 | 242 | 436 |
| 5 | 78 | 1.551 | (2,2) | 1.551 | Miami FL | 7 to 41 | 10 | 57 |
| 6 | 120 | 1.096 | (2,3) | 1.296 | Tulsa | 26 to 48 | 63 | 178 |
| 7 | 198 | 0.675 | (2,4) | 1.008 | Texas-San Antonio | 34 to 49 | 156 | 63 |
| 8 | 239 | 0.527 | (2,5) | 0.955 | North Texas | 14 to 45 | 161 | 149 |
| 9 | 247 | 0.446 | (2,6) | 0.946 | SMU | 0 to 55 | 84 | 50 |
| 10 | 244 | 0.451 | (2,6) | 0.951 | --bye-- |
| 11 | 208 | 0.633 | (3,6) | 0.967 | Navy | 32 to 18 | 159 | 153 |
| 12 | 226 | 0.572 | (3,7) | 0.972 | South Florida | 23 to 27 | 108 | 99 |
| 13 | 238 | 0.482 | (3,8) | 0.936 | Alabama-Birmingham | 24 to 34 | 153 | 169 |
| 14 | 229 | 0.549 | (3,9) | 1.049 | Memphis | 21 to 45 | 50 | 42 |
| 15 | 231 | 0.483 | (3,9) | 0.983 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 234 | 0.468 | (3,9) | 0.968 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 240 | 0.447 | (3,9) | 0.947 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 236 | 0.457 | (3,9) | 0.957 | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |