| 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 | Massachusetts | 42 to 10 | 518 | 335 |
| 2 | 49 | 1.864 | (2,0) | 0.864 | Howard | 55 to 7 | 115 | 330 |
| 3 | 141 | 0.900 | (2,1) | 0.566 | Oklahoma | 3 to 42 | 32 | 8 |
| 4 | 81 | 1.290 | (2,2) | 1.290 | Georgia Tech | 24 to 45 | 10 | 31 |
| 5 | 76 | 1.448 | (2,2) | 1.448 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 55 | 1.543 | (3,2) | 1.343 | UT San Antonio | 27 to 21 | 108 | 66 |
| 7 | 82 | 1.330 | (3,3) | 1.330 | Navy | 31 to 32 | 31 | 25 |
| 8 | 82 | 1.266 | (4,3) | 1.123 | Charlotte | 49 to 14 | 203 | 174 |
| 9 | 71 | 1.376 | (5,3) | 1.126 | Tulsa | 38 to 37 | 139 | 136 |
| 10 | 88 | 1.261 | (5,4) | 1.150 | East Carolina | 14 to 45 | 49 | 43 |
| 11 | 103 | 1.134 | (5,5) | 1.134 | Army | 13 to 14 | 59 | 62 |
| 12 | 99 | 1.194 | (5,5) | 1.194 | --bye-- |
| 13 | 100 | 1.154 | (5,6) | 1.245 | Tulane | 13 to 37 | 18 | 15 |
| 14 | 109 | 1.124 | (5,7) | 1.291 | North Texas | 25 to 52 | 17 | 16 |
| 15 | 105 | 1.139 | (5,7) | 1.306 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 106 | 1.130 | (5,7) | 1.296 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 108 | 1.103 | (5,7) | 1.269 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 101 | 1.140 | (5,7) | 1.307 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 98 | 1.146 | (5,7) | 1.313 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |