| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 0 | 9 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 1 | 698 | -1.167 | (0,1) | -0.167 | Fresno St | 14 to 42 | 512 | 77 |
| 2 | 433 | -0.492 | (0,2) | 0.508 | USC | 20 to 59 | 155 | 14 |
| 3 | 218 | 0.535 | (1,2) | 0.869 | Jacksonville St | 41 to 34 | 377 | 90 |
| 4 | 147 | 0.881 | (2,2) | 0.881 | Maine | 45 to 17 | 477 | 231 |
| 5 | 158 | 0.838 | (2,3) | 1.038 | James Madison | 10 to 35 | 65 | 26 |
| 6 | 145 | 0.878 | (2,3) | 1.078 | --bye-- |
| 7 | 145 | 0.897 | (2,4) | 1.230 | Southern Miss | 35 to 38 | 65 | 110 |
| 8 | 115 | 1.066 | (3,4) | 1.209 | Georgia St | 41 to 24 | 164 | 211 |
| 9 | 136 | 0.887 | (3,5) | 1.137 | Arkansas St | 24 to 34 | 113 | 109 |
| 10 | 127 | 0.975 | (3,5) | 1.225 | --bye-- |
| 11 | 106 | 1.104 | (4,5) | 1.215 | Appalachian St | 25 to 23 | 126 | 143 |
| 12 | 92 | 1.236 | (5,5) | 1.236 | Coastal Car | 45 to 40 | 84 | 112 |
| 13 | 110 | 1.101 | (5,6) | 1.192 | Old Dominion | 10 to 45 | 43 | 40 |
| 14 | 99 | 1.165 | (6,6) | 1.165 | Marshall | 24 to 19 | 125 | 124 |
| 15 | 96 | 1.176 | (6,6) | 1.176 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 94 | 1.169 | (6,6) | 1.169 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 91 | 1.184 | (6,6) | 1.184 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 89 | 1.231 | (7,6) | 1.154 | Appalachian St | 29 to 10 | 143 | 143 |
| 19 | 91 | 1.219 | (7,6) | 1.142 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |