| 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 | Morgan St | 38 to 21 | 518 | 394 |
| 2 | 11 | 3.508 | (1,1) | 3.508 | Tulane | 31 to 33 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | 126 | 1.000 | (1,2) | 1.334 | Auburn | 15 to 31 | 20 | 72 |
| 4 | 224 | 0.461 | (1,3) | 0.961 | Coastal Car | 20 to 38 | 183 | 112 |
| 5 | 142 | 0.928 | (1,4) | 1.528 | North Texas | 22 to 36 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 169 | 0.754 | (1,5) | 1.421 | Troy | 24 to 31 | 87 | 95 |
| 7 | 177 | 0.720 | (1,5) | 1.387 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 189 | 0.560 | (1,6) | 1.275 | Arkansas St | 14 to 15 | 131 | 109 |
| 9 | 161 | 0.700 | (2,6) | 1.200 | Georgia St | 38 to 31 | 190 | 211 |
| 10 | 195 | 0.561 | (2,7) | 1.116 | Louisiana | 22 to 31 | 164 | 133 |
| 11 | 193 | 0.563 | (2,7) | 1.119 | --bye-- |
| 12 | 166 | 0.693 | (3,7) | 1.093 | ULM | 26 to 14 | 162 | 195 |
| 13 | 148 | 0.808 | (4,7) | 1.080 | Southern Miss | 42 to 35 | 85 | 110 |
| 14 | 157 | 0.724 | (4,8) | 1.058 | Texas St | 26 to 49 | 116 | 105 |
| 15 | 152 | 0.732 | (4,8) | 1.065 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 151 | 0.723 | (4,8) | 1.057 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 158 | 0.704 | (4,8) | 1.038 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 159 | 0.701 | (4,8) | 1.035 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 158 | 0.702 | (4,8) | 1.036 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |