| 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 | Dayton | 24 to 14 | 518 | 236 |
| 2 | 7 | 3.600 | (1,1) | 3.600 | Indiana St | 14 to 38 | 1 | 189 |
| 3 | 418 | -0.217 | (1,2) | 0.117 | Illinois St | 30 to 42 | 149 | 67 |
| 4 | 232 | 0.441 | (1,2) | 0.774 | --bye-- |
| 5 | 168 | 0.786 | (2,2) | 0.786 | W Illinois | 31 to 23 | 315 | 248 |
| 6 | 156 | 0.832 | (3,2) | 0.632 | Tennessee St | 31 to 7 | 305 | 368 |
| 7 | 192 | 0.631 | (3,3) | 0.631 | Gardner Webb | 10 to 21 | 71 | 149 |
| 8 | 231 | 0.361 | (3,4) | 0.503 | SE Missouri St | 13 to 42 | 207 | 252 |
| 9 | 239 | 0.309 | (3,5) | 0.559 | Charleston So | 16 to 17 | 193 | 203 |
| 10 | 265 | 0.214 | (3,6) | 0.547 | TN Martin | 20 to 27 | 200 | 190 |
| 11 | 258 | 0.238 | (3,7) | 0.638 | Tennessee Tech | 9 to 21 | 72 | 109 |
| 12 | 281 | 0.135 | (3,8) | 0.590 | Lindenwood | 12 to 42 | 210 | 196 |
| 13 | 273 | 0.180 | (3,9) | 0.680 | Alabama | 0 to 56 | 9 | 11 |
| 14 | 274 | 0.147 | (3,9) | 0.647 | --bye-- |
| 15 | 272 | 0.154 | (3,9) | 0.654 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 271 | 0.161 | (3,9) | 0.661 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 269 | 0.181 | (3,9) | 0.681 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 269 | 0.178 | (3,9) | 0.678 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 269 | 0.170 | (3,9) | 0.670 | --bye-- |
| 20 | 269 | 0.160 | (3,9) | 0.660 | --bye-- |
| 21 | 269 | 0.161 | (3,9) | 0.661 | --bye-- |