| 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 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 42 to 7 | 424 | 500 |
| 3 | 329 | 0.905 | (1,1) | 0.905 | Washington | 10 to 43 | 212 | 1 |
| 4 | 67 | 1.735 | (1,2) | 2.069 | Oklahoma | 17 to 66 | 13 | 13 |
| 5 | 76 | 1.555 | (2,2) | 1.555 | Northern Illinois | 22 to 14 | 153 | 130 |
| 6 | 63 | 1.575 | (3,2) | 1.375 | Temple | 48 to 26 | 120 | 236 |
| 7 | 100 | 1.254 | (3,3) | 1.254 | Florida Atlantic | 17 to 20 | 116 | 179 |
| 8 | 93 | 1.288 | (3,3) | 1.288 | --bye-- |
| 9 | 124 | 1.022 | (3,4) | 1.165 | Rice | 10 to 42 | 97 | 127 |
| 10 | 141 | 0.922 | (3,5) | 1.172 | SMU | 10 to 69 | 78 | 50 |
| 11 | 167 | 0.772 | (3,6) | 1.105 | UNC-Charlotte | 26 to 33 | 186 | 220 |
| 12 | 179 | 0.738 | (3,7) | 1.138 | Tulane | 22 to 24 | 29 | 38 |
| 13 | 203 | 0.655 | (3,8) | 1.110 | North Texas | 28 to 35 | 172 | 149 |
| 14 | 167 | 0.806 | (4,8) | 1.139 | East Carolina | 29 to 27 | 205 | 214 |
| 15 | 169 | 0.736 | (4,8) | 1.069 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 173 | 0.726 | (4,8) | 1.059 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 173 | 0.710 | (4,8) | 1.044 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 178 | 0.686 | (4,8) | 1.019 | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |