Tennessee St - OVC - FCS - NCAA
| 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 | NC A&T | 24 to 21 | 518 | 379 |
| 2 | 38 | 2.015 | (1,1) | 2.015 | N Dakota St | 3 to 59 | 15 | 47 |
| 3 | 253 | 0.447 | (1,2) | 0.780 | Alabama A&M | 21 to 23 | 111 | 372 |
| 4 | 281 | 0.232 | (1,2) | 0.566 | --bye-- |
| 5 | 309 | 0.075 | (1,3) | 0.575 | Tennessee Tech | 8 to 35 | 134 | 108 |
| 6 | 305 | 0.062 | (1,4) | 0.662 | E Illinois | 7 to 31 | 156 | 269 |
| 7 | 341 | -0.081 | (1,5) | 0.586 | SE Missouri St | 12 to 28 | 261 | 250 |
| 8 | 295 | 0.089 | (2,5) | 0.517 | Howard | 24 to 7 | 311 | 330 |
| 9 | 321 | -0.007 | (2,6) | 0.493 | W Illinois | 16 to 17 | 292 | 248 |
| 10 | 334 | -0.085 | (2,7) | 0.470 | Lindenwood | 13 to 35 | 186 | 194 |
| 11 | 341 | -0.130 | (2,8) | 0.470 | TN Martin | 7 to 26 | 190 | 190 |
| 12 | 345 | -0.151 | (2,9) | 0.486 | Gardner Webb | 14 to 30 | 129 | 148 |
| 13 | 361 | -0.205 | (2,10) | 0.462 | Charleston So | 6 to 7 | 201 | 202 |
| 14 | 369 | -0.245 | (2,10) | 0.422 | --bye-- |
| 15 | 373 | -0.251 | (2,10) | 0.416 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 372 | -0.250 | (2,10) | 0.417 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 367 | -0.242 | (2,10) | 0.425 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 368 | -0.242 | (2,10) | 0.424 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 368 | -0.246 | (2,10) | 0.421 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |