| 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 | Rice | 12 to 14 | 7 | 113 |
| 2 | 611 | -1.136 | (1,1) | -1.136 | McNeese St | 34 to 10 | 667 | 244 |
| 3 | 290 | 0.312 | (1,2) | 0.645 | Missouri | 10 to 52 | 66 | 49 |
| 4 | 222 | 0.474 | (1,3) | 0.974 | E Michigan | 31 to 34 | 206 | 188 |
| 5 | 180 | 0.705 | (2,3) | 0.905 | Marshall | 54 to 51 | 182 | 124 |
| 6 | 214 | 0.524 | (2,3) | 0.724 | --bye-- |
| 7 | 194 | 0.625 | (2,4) | 0.959 | James Madison | 14 to 24 | 49 | 26 |
| 8 | 176 | 0.669 | (2,5) | 1.098 | Southern Miss | 10 to 22 | 57 | 110 |
| 9 | 183 | 0.606 | (2,6) | 1.106 | Troy | 23 to 35 | 70 | 95 |
| 10 | 164 | 0.717 | (3,6) | 1.050 | South Alabama | 31 to 22 | 195 | 158 |
| 11 | 141 | 0.867 | (4,6) | 1.067 | Texas St | 42 to 39 | 150 | 105 |
| 12 | 139 | 0.916 | (4,6) | 1.116 | --bye-- |
| 13 | 125 | 1.004 | (5,6) | 1.095 | Arkansas St | 34 to 30 | 132 | 109 |
| 14 | 121 | 1.026 | (6,6) | 1.026 | ULM | 30 to 27 | 198 | 195 |
| 15 | 116 | 1.038 | (6,6) | 1.038 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 117 | 1.028 | (6,6) | 1.028 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 130 | 0.937 | (6,7) | 1.014 | Delaware | 13 to 20 | 116 | 116 |
| 18 | 132 | 0.924 | (6,7) | 1.001 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 133 | 0.925 | (6,7) | 1.002 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |