| 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 | E Michigan | 52 to 27 | 518 | 188 |
| 2 | 598 | -0.985 | (2,0) | -1.985 | UT San Antonio | 43 to 36 | 665 | 66 |
| 3 | 169 | 0.749 | (2,1) | 0.415 | Arizona St | 15 to 34 | 75 | 32 |
| 4 | 41 | 1.661 | (3,1) | 1.161 | Nicholls St | 35 to 3 | 185 | 237 |
| 5 | 47 | 1.696 | (3,1) | 1.196 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 113 | 1.073 | (3,2) | 0.873 | Arkansas St | 30 to 31 | 159 | 109 |
| 7 | 127 | 1.004 | (3,3) | 1.004 | Troy | 41 to 48 | 72 | 95 |
| 8 | 149 | 0.829 | (3,4) | 0.972 | Marshall | 37 to 40 | 92 | 124 |
| 9 | 140 | 0.874 | (3,4) | 1.017 | --bye-- |
| 10 | 136 | 0.917 | (3,5) | 1.167 | James Madison | 20 to 52 | 30 | 26 |
| 11 | 150 | 0.792 | (3,6) | 1.125 | Louisiana | 39 to 42 | 141 | 133 |
| 12 | 127 | 1.004 | (4,6) | 1.204 | Southern Miss | 41 to 14 | 64 | 110 |
| 13 | 121 | 1.030 | (5,6) | 1.121 | ULM | 31 to 14 | 186 | 195 |
| 14 | 116 | 1.055 | (6,6) | 1.055 | South Alabama | 49 to 26 | 157 | 158 |
| 15 | 111 | 1.069 | (6,6) | 1.069 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 112 | 1.058 | (6,6) | 1.058 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 115 | 1.040 | (6,6) | 1.040 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 114 | 1.039 | (6,6) | 1.039 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 105 | 1.114 | (7,6) | 1.037 | Rice | 41 to 10 | 113 | 113 |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |