| 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 | South Alabama | 37 to 17 | 424 | 96 |
| 3 | 62 | 4.281 | (1,1) | 4.281 | Mississippi | 20 to 37 | 32 | 10 |
| 4 | 29 | 2.252 | (2,1) | 1.918 | Southern Miss | 21 to 3 | 133 | 174 |
| 5 | 64 | 1.623 | (3,1) | 1.123 | Nicholls St | 36 to 7 | 240 | 208 |
| 6 | 56 | 1.646 | (4,1) | 1.046 | Alabama-Birmingham | 35 to 23 | 199 | 169 |
| 7 | 38 | 1.823 | (4,1) | 1.223 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 29 | 1.904 | (5,1) | 1.237 | Memphis | 31 to 21 | 51 | 42 |
| 9 | 32 | 1.865 | (6,1) | 1.150 | North Texas | 35 to 28 | 155 | 149 |
| 10 | 32 | 1.873 | (7,1) | 1.123 | Rice | 30 to 28 | 114 | 127 |
| 11 | 30 | 1.889 | (8,1) | 1.111 | East Carolina | 13 to 10 | 219 | 214 |
| 12 | 29 | 1.872 | (9,1) | 1.072 | Tulsa | 24 to 22 | 179 | 178 |
| 13 | 27 | 1.846 | (10,1) | 1.028 | Florida Atlantic | 24 to 8 | 163 | 179 |
| 14 | 26 | 1.936 | (11,1) | 1.102 | Texas-San Antonio | 29 to 16 | 67 | 63 |
| 15 | 32 | 1.764 | (11,2) | 1.071 | SMU | 14 to 26 | 36 | 50 |
| 16 | 32 | 1.754 | (11,2) | 1.061 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 32 | 1.735 | (11,2) | 1.043 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 38 | 1.642 | (11,3) | 1.070 | Virginia Tech | 20 to 41 | 55 | 55 |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |