| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 0 | 9 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 1 | 518 | -0.500 | (0,1) | 0.500 | ETSU | 17 to 45 | 7 | 167 |
| 2 | 99 | 1.015 | (0,2) | 2.015 | SE Louisiana | 24 to 45 | 39 | 139 |
| 3 | 463 | -0.452 | (0,3) | 0.548 | Georgia St | 21 to 37 | 167 | 212 |
| 4 | 352 | -0.041 | (0,4) | 0.959 | Jacksonville St | 10 to 45 | 189 | 90 |
| 5 | 338 | -0.056 | (0,4) | 0.944 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 356 | -0.149 | (0,5) | 0.851 | South Dakota | 24 to 49 | 129 | 80 |
| 7 | 335 | -0.056 | (0,6) | 0.944 | Illinois St | 32 to 46 | 117 | 67 |
| 8 | 324 | -0.035 | (0,7) | 0.965 | S Dakota St | 14 to 35 | 43 | 87 |
| 9 | 339 | -0.096 | (0,8) | 0.904 | Youngstown St | 17 to 51 | 144 | 126 |
| 10 | 336 | -0.104 | (0,9) | 0.896 | S Illinois | 7 to 27 | 140 | 141 |
| 11 | 344 | -0.151 | (0,10) | 0.849 | Northern Iowa | 14 to 31 | 239 | 229 |
| 12 | 330 | -0.081 | (0,11) | 0.919 | North Dakota | 17 to 35 | 119 | 117 |
| 13 | 310 | 0.015 | (1,11) | 0.848 | Indiana St | 31 to 17 | 216 | 189 |
| 14 | 305 | 0.041 | (1,11) | 0.874 | --bye-- |
| 15 | 296 | 0.051 | (1,11) | 0.885 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 300 | 0.053 | (1,11) | 0.886 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 297 | 0.072 | (1,11) | 0.906 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 297 | 0.073 | (1,11) | 0.906 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 296 | 0.073 | (1,11) | 0.906 | --bye-- |
| 20 | 299 | 0.062 | (1,11) | 0.895 | --bye-- |
| 21 | 299 | 0.062 | (1,11) | 0.896 | --bye-- |