| 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 | Maryland | 7 to 39 | 7 | 114 |
| 2 | 116 | 0.864 | (1,1) | 0.864 | Florida A&M | 56 to 14 | 387 | 316 |
| 3 | 287 | 0.334 | (1,2) | 0.667 | Florida Intl | 28 to 38 | 139 | 104 |
| 4 | 188 | 0.637 | (1,2) | 0.970 | --bye-- |
| 5 | 177 | 0.726 | (1,3) | 1.226 | Memphis | 26 to 55 | 28 | 60 |
| 6 | 139 | 0.916 | (2,3) | 1.116 | Rice | 27 to 21 | 109 | 113 |
| 7 | 121 | 1.025 | (3,3) | 1.025 | UAB | 53 to 33 | 147 | 126 |
| 8 | 119 | 0.997 | (3,4) | 1.140 | South Florida | 13 to 48 | 14 | 34 |
| 9 | 117 | 1.042 | (3,5) | 1.292 | Navy | 32 to 42 | 27 | 25 |
| 10 | 134 | 0.946 | (3,5) | 1.196 | --bye-- |
| 11 | 119 | 1.046 | (4,5) | 1.157 | Tulsa | 40 to 21 | 161 | 136 |
| 12 | 117 | 1.078 | (4,6) | 1.278 | Tulane | 24 to 35 | 19 | 15 |
| 13 | 124 | 1.015 | (4,7) | 1.288 | Connecticut | 45 to 48 | 64 | 71 |
| 14 | 135 | 0.943 | (4,8) | 1.276 | East Carolina | 3 to 42 | 49 | 43 |
| 15 | 127 | 0.963 | (4,8) | 1.296 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 127 | 0.957 | (4,8) | 1.291 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 133 | 0.921 | (4,8) | 1.254 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 130 | 0.934 | (4,8) | 1.267 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 131 | 0.934 | (4,8) | 1.267 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |