Western Kentucky - C-USA - FBS - NCAA
| 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 Florida | 41 to 24 | 424 | 99 |
| 3 | 109 | 3.264 | (2,0) | 2.264 | Houston Christian | 52 to 22 | 179 | 303 |
| 4 | 53 | 1.956 | (2,1) | 1.622 | Ohio State | 10 to 63 | 9 | 7 |
| 5 | 60 | 1.676 | (2,2) | 1.676 | Troy | 24 to 27 | 61 | 32 |
| 6 | 47 | 1.776 | (3,2) | 1.576 | Middle Tennessee St | 31 to 10 | 94 | 151 |
| 7 | 55 | 1.629 | (4,2) | 1.296 | Louisiana Tech | 35 to 28 | 181 | 243 |
| 8 | 53 | 1.583 | (4,2) | 1.250 | --bye-- |
| 9 | 71 | 1.398 | (4,3) | 1.256 | Jacksonville St | 17 to 20 | 63 | 75 |
| 10 | 74 | 1.371 | (4,4) | 1.371 | Liberty | 29 to 42 | 22 | 27 |
| 11 | 75 | 1.375 | (5,4) | 1.264 | UTEP | 21 to 13 | 189 | 186 |
| 12 | 93 | 1.244 | (5,5) | 1.244 | New Mexico St | 29 to 38 | 92 | 77 |
| 13 | 89 | 1.256 | (6,5) | 1.165 | Sam Houston St | 28 to 23 | 253 | 229 |
| 14 | 87 | 1.324 | (7,5) | 1.157 | Florida Intl | 41 to 28 | 206 | 210 |
| 15 | 89 | 1.253 | (7,5) | 1.087 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 88 | 1.247 | (7,5) | 1.081 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 89 | 1.224 | (7,5) | 1.057 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 80 | 1.280 | (8,5) | 1.049 | Old Dominion | 38 to 35 | 108 | 108 |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |