| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 0 | 9 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 1 | 1 | 1.500 | (1,0) | 0.500 | Nicholls St | 38 to 20 | 7 | 237 |
| 2 | 36 | 2.015 | (1,1) | 2.015 | Clemson | 16 to 27 | 14 | 64 |
| 3 | 189 | 0.672 | (1,2) | 1.006 | Memphis | 7 to 28 | 59 | 60 |
| 4 | 110 | 1.132 | (2,2) | 1.132 | Buffalo | 21 to 17 | 227 | 184 |
| 5 | 123 | 1.078 | (2,2) | 1.078 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 87 | 1.267 | (3,2) | 1.067 | South Alabama | 31 to 24 | 169 | 158 |
| 7 | 72 | 1.421 | (4,2) | 1.088 | Texas St | 48 to 41 | 127 | 105 |
| 8 | 76 | 1.320 | (5,2) | 0.892 | ULM | 37 to 14 | 126 | 195 |
| 9 | 70 | 1.383 | (6,2) | 0.883 | Louisiana | 35 to 23 | 183 | 133 |
| 10 | 89 | 1.253 | (6,3) | 0.919 | Arkansas St | 10 to 23 | 100 | 109 |
| 11 | 89 | 1.245 | (6,3) | 0.912 | --bye-- |
| 12 | 96 | 1.213 | (6,4) | 1.013 | Old Dominion | 0 to 33 | 47 | 40 |
| 13 | 91 | 1.221 | (7,4) | 0.948 | Georgia St | 31 to 19 | 212 | 211 |
| 14 | 77 | 1.284 | (8,4) | 0.951 | Southern Miss | 28 to 18 | 97 | 110 |
| 15 | 80 | 1.268 | (8,5) | 1.037 | James Madison | 14 to 31 | 21 | 26 |
| 16 | 81 | 1.259 | (8,5) | 1.028 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 93 | 1.176 | (8,6) | 1.033 | Jacksonville St | 13 to 17 | 88 | 90 |
| 18 | 95 | 1.162 | (8,6) | 1.019 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 95 | 1.172 | (8,6) | 1.029 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |