| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 0 | 9 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 1 | 518 | -0.500 | (0,1) | 0.500 | Appalachian St | 11 to 34 | 7 | 143 |
| 2 | 629 | -1.485 | (0,2) | -0.485 | North Carolina | 3 to 20 | 417 | 115 |
| 3 | 326 | 0.088 | (1,2) | 0.422 | Monmouth NJ | 42 to 35 | 456 | 154 |
| 4 | 182 | 0.656 | (1,3) | 1.156 | Rice | 17 to 28 | 42 | 113 |
| 5 | 203 | 0.588 | (1,3) | 1.088 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 204 | 0.563 | (1,4) | 1.163 | South Florida | 26 to 54 | 29 | 34 |
| 7 | 193 | 0.626 | (1,5) | 1.293 | Army | 7 to 24 | 86 | 62 |
| 8 | 203 | 0.505 | (1,6) | 1.219 | Temple | 14 to 49 | 82 | 98 |
| 9 | 192 | 0.577 | (1,7) | 1.327 | North Texas | 20 to 54 | 22 | 16 |
| 10 | 194 | 0.575 | (1,7) | 1.325 | --bye-- |
| 11 | 189 | 0.572 | (1,8) | 1.350 | East Carolina | 22 to 48 | 50 | 43 |
| 12 | 190 | 0.567 | (1,9) | 1.367 | UT San Antonio | 7 to 28 | 76 | 66 |
| 13 | 184 | 0.595 | (1,10) | 1.413 | Georgia | 3 to 35 | 6 | 5 |
| 14 | 182 | 0.609 | (1,11) | 1.443 | Tulane | 0 to 27 | 20 | 15 |
| 15 | 174 | 0.630 | (1,11) | 1.463 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 174 | 0.617 | (1,11) | 1.450 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 178 | 0.589 | (1,11) | 1.422 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 171 | 0.625 | (1,11) | 1.458 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 174 | 0.617 | (1,11) | 1.450 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |