| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 0 | 1 | 0.500 | (1,0) | -0.500 | Sam Houston St | 41 to 24 | 694 | 218 |
| 1 | 6 | 0.500 | (2,0) | -0.500 | North Alabama | 55 to 6 | 516 | 280 |
| 2 | 622 | -1.400 | (2,1) | -1.733 | Toledo | 21 to 45 | 405 | 100 |
| 3 | 368 | -0.024 | (2,1) | -0.357 | --bye-- |
| 4 | 181 | 0.657 | (3,1) | 0.157 | Nevada | 31 to 16 | 257 | 163 |
| 5 | 120 | 1.082 | (4,1) | 0.482 | Missouri St | 27 to 22 | 178 | 102 |
| 6 | 82 | 1.286 | (5,1) | 0.620 | Delaware | 27 to 24 | 100 | 116 |
| 7 | 85 | 1.324 | (5,1) | 0.657 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 112 | 1.090 | (5,2) | 0.661 | Florida Intl | 6 to 25 | 121 | 104 |
| 9 | 82 | 1.273 | (6,2) | 0.773 | Louisiana Tech | 28 to 27 | 77 | 85 |
| 10 | 82 | 1.290 | (7,2) | 0.734 | New Mexico St | 35 to 16 | 175 | 180 |
| 11 | 76 | 1.345 | (7,2) | 0.790 | --bye-- |
| 12 | 71 | 1.405 | (8,2) | 0.805 | MTSU | 42 to 26 | 232 | 191 |
| 13 | 70 | 1.356 | (8,3) | 0.902 | LSU | 10 to 13 | 25 | 39 |
| 14 | 86 | 1.238 | (8,4) | 0.904 | Jacksonville St | 34 to 37 | 92 | 90 |
| 15 | 85 | 1.247 | (8,4) | 0.913 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 85 | 1.237 | (8,4) | 0.904 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 84 | 1.244 | (8,4) | 0.911 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 82 | 1.288 | (9,4) | 0.904 | Southern Miss | 27 to 16 | 112 | 110 |
| 19 | 78 | 1.303 | (9,4) | 0.919 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |