| 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 | Mississippi St | 17 to 34 | 7 | 87 |
| 2 | 54 | 1.632 | (1,1) | 1.632 | Jackson St | 38 to 20 | 123 | 187 |
| 3 | 80 | 1.376 | (2,1) | 1.042 | Appalachian St | 38 to 22 | 186 | 143 |
| 4 | 58 | 1.517 | (2,2) | 1.517 | Louisiana Tech | 20 to 30 | 14 | 85 |
| 5 | 84 | 1.347 | (3,2) | 1.147 | Jacksonville St | 42 to 25 | 222 | 90 |
| 6 | 74 | 1.360 | (3,2) | 1.160 | --bye-- |
| 7 | 65 | 1.507 | (4,2) | 1.174 | Ga Southern | 38 to 35 | 145 | 91 |
| 8 | 57 | 1.519 | (5,2) | 1.090 | Louisiana | 22 to 10 | 176 | 133 |
| 9 | 63 | 1.455 | (6,2) | 0.955 | ULM | 49 to 21 | 141 | 195 |
| 10 | 56 | 1.514 | (6,2) | 1.014 | --bye-- |
| 11 | 48 | 1.589 | (7,2) | 1.034 | Arkansas St | 27 to 21 | 111 | 109 |
| 12 | 64 | 1.436 | (7,3) | 1.036 | Texas St | 14 to 41 | 127 | 105 |
| 13 | 85 | 1.250 | (7,4) | 0.977 | South Alabama | 35 to 42 | 148 | 158 |
| 14 | 97 | 1.168 | (7,5) | 1.001 | Troy | 18 to 28 | 77 | 95 |
| 15 | 100 | 1.166 | (7,5) | 0.999 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 99 | 1.155 | (7,5) | 0.989 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 99 | 1.151 | (7,5) | 0.984 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 112 | 1.076 | (7,6) | 0.999 | WKU | 16 to 27 | 82 | 78 |
| 19 | 110 | 1.086 | (7,6) | 1.009 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |