| 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 | St Francis PA | 29 to 0 | 518 | 501 |
| 2 | 410 | -0.400 | (1,1) | -0.400 | Alabama | 0 to 73 | 135 | 11 |
| 3 | 327 | 0.069 | (1,1) | 0.069 | --bye-- |
| 4 | 195 | 0.614 | (2,1) | 0.281 | UTEP | 31 to 25 | 296 | 234 |
| 5 | 110 | 1.131 | (3,1) | 0.631 | Arkansas St | 28 to 16 | 218 | 109 |
| 6 | 103 | 1.125 | (3,2) | 0.925 | Northwestern | 7 to 42 | 60 | 48 |
| 7 | 135 | 0.958 | (3,3) | 0.958 | Coastal Car | 8 to 23 | 100 | 112 |
| 8 | 126 | 0.948 | (3,4) | 1.090 | Troy | 14 to 37 | 76 | 95 |
| 9 | 141 | 0.873 | (3,5) | 1.123 | Southern Miss | 21 to 49 | 63 | 110 |
| 10 | 142 | 0.865 | (3,6) | 1.198 | Old Dominion | 6 to 31 | 47 | 40 |
| 11 | 142 | 0.856 | (3,6) | 1.190 | --bye-- |
| 12 | 162 | 0.696 | (3,7) | 1.096 | South Alabama | 14 to 26 | 166 | 158 |
| 13 | 186 | 0.587 | (3,8) | 1.042 | Texas St | 14 to 31 | 121 | 105 |
| 14 | 198 | 0.513 | (3,9) | 1.013 | Louisiana | 27 to 30 | 121 | 133 |
| 15 | 191 | 0.516 | (3,9) | 1.016 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 194 | 0.509 | (3,9) | 1.009 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 194 | 0.511 | (3,9) | 1.011 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 195 | 0.503 | (3,9) | 1.003 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 195 | 0.501 | (3,9) | 1.001 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |