| 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 | VMI | 52 to 7 | 518 | 407 |
| 2 | 46 | 1.963 | (2,0) | 0.963 | UAB | 38 to 24 | 107 | 126 |
| 3 | 50 | 1.662 | (3,0) | 0.662 | Tulsa | 42 to 23 | 137 | 136 |
| 4 | 24 | 1.929 | (3,0) | 0.929 | --bye-- |
| 5 | 21 | 2.098 | (4,0) | 1.098 | Rice | 21 to 13 | 62 | 113 |
| 6 | 35 | 1.826 | (5,0) | 0.826 | Air Force | 34 to 31 | 174 | 145 |
| 7 | 31 | 1.852 | (6,0) | 0.852 | Temple | 32 to 31 | 82 | 98 |
| 8 | 34 | 1.799 | (6,0) | 0.799 | --bye-- |
| 9 | 27 | 1.888 | (7,0) | 0.888 | FL Atlantic | 42 to 32 | 117 | 131 |
| 10 | 43 | 1.684 | (7,1) | 0.934 | North Texas | 17 to 31 | 19 | 16 |
| 11 | 44 | 1.636 | (7,2) | 1.081 | Notre Dame | 10 to 49 | 10 | 9 |
| 12 | 33 | 1.787 | (8,2) | 1.187 | South Florida | 41 to 38 | 31 | 34 |
| 13 | 34 | 1.770 | (8,2) | 1.170 | --bye-- |
| 14 | 31 | 1.828 | (9,2) | 1.192 | Memphis | 28 to 17 | 52 | 60 |
| 15 | 31 | 1.833 | (9,2) | 1.197 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 26 | 1.866 | (10,2) | 1.200 | Army | 17 to 16 | 73 | 62 |
| 17 | 30 | 1.830 | (10,2) | 1.163 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 29 | 1.856 | (10,2) | 1.190 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 25 | 1.900 | (11,2) | 1.208 | Cincinnati | 35 to 13 | 57 | 57 |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |