| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 0 | 9 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 1 | 7 | 0.500 | (1,0) | -0.500 | SE Missouri St | 42 to 24 | 518 | 250 |
| 2 | 406 | -0.400 | (1,1) | -0.400 | Arkansas | 14 to 56 | 133 | 141 |
| 3 | 176 | 0.701 | (1,2) | 1.035 | Iowa St | 16 to 24 | 68 | 28 |
| 4 | 202 | 0.586 | (1,3) | 1.086 | Kennesaw | 21 to 28 | 123 | 52 |
| 5 | 218 | 0.519 | (1,4) | 1.119 | ULM | 16 to 28 | 110 | 195 |
| 6 | 159 | 0.811 | (2,4) | 1.144 | Texas St | 31 to 30 | 113 | 105 |
| 7 | 159 | 0.825 | (2,4) | 1.159 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 131 | 0.920 | (3,4) | 1.063 | South Alabama | 15 to 14 | 189 | 158 |
| 9 | 113 | 1.054 | (4,4) | 1.054 | Ga Southern | 34 to 24 | 136 | 91 |
| 10 | 100 | 1.144 | (5,4) | 1.033 | Troy | 23 to 10 | 89 | 95 |
| 11 | 111 | 1.088 | (5,5) | 1.088 | Southern Miss | 21 to 27 | 48 | 110 |
| 12 | 115 | 1.093 | (5,5) | 1.093 | --bye-- |
| 13 | 132 | 0.962 | (5,6) | 1.053 | Louisiana | 30 to 34 | 125 | 133 |
| 14 | 120 | 1.026 | (6,6) | 1.026 | Appalachian St | 30 to 29 | 138 | 143 |
| 15 | 117 | 1.037 | (6,6) | 1.037 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 116 | 1.028 | (6,6) | 1.028 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 111 | 1.094 | (7,6) | 1.017 | Missouri St | 34 to 28 | 106 | 102 |
| 18 | 110 | 1.083 | (7,6) | 1.007 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 109 | 1.090 | (7,6) | 1.013 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |