| 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 | Stephen F Austin | 48 to 30 | 424 | 328 |
| 3 | 406 | 0.302 | (1,1) | 0.302 | Kansas St | 13 to 42 | 258 | 17 |
| 4 | 108 | 1.431 | (1,2) | 1.764 | James Madison | 14 to 16 | 41 | 26 |
| 5 | 61 | 1.674 | (2,2) | 1.674 | Western Kentucky | 27 to 24 | 60 | 80 |
| 6 | 40 | 1.868 | (3,2) | 1.668 | Georgia St | 28 to 7 | 64 | 82 |
| 7 | 37 | 1.831 | (4,2) | 1.498 | Arkansas St | 37 to 3 | 111 | 124 |
| 8 | 34 | 1.840 | (5,2) | 1.412 | Army | 19 to 0 | 191 | 110 |
| 9 | 35 | 1.779 | (5,2) | 1.350 | --bye-- |
| 10 | 35 | 1.827 | (6,2) | 1.327 | Texas St-San Marcos | 31 to 13 | 87 | 91 |
| 11 | 28 | 1.921 | (7,2) | 1.366 | South Alabama | 28 to 10 | 102 | 96 |
| 12 | 31 | 1.830 | (8,2) | 1.230 | Louisiana-Monroe | 45 to 14 | 212 | 223 |
| 13 | 30 | 1.825 | (9,2) | 1.189 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 31 to 24 | 139 | 145 |
| 14 | 32 | 1.842 | (10,2) | 1.175 | Southern Miss | 35 to 17 | 158 | 174 |
| 15 | 29 | 1.821 | (11,2) | 1.129 | Appalachian St | 49 to 23 | 57 | 56 |
| 16 | 27 | 1.825 | (11,2) | 1.132 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 27 | 1.807 | (11,2) | 1.115 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 32 | 1.713 | (11,3) | 1.142 | Duke | 10 to 17 | 31 | 31 |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |