| 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 | Northwestern | 23 to 3 | 518 | 48 |
| 2 | 3 | 4.508 | (2,0) | 3.508 | South Alabama | 33 to 31 | 11 | 158 |
| 3 | 28 | 2.030 | (3,0) | 1.030 | Duke | 34 to 27 | 114 | 31 |
| 4 | 33 | 1.781 | (3,1) | 1.281 | Mississippi | 10 to 45 | 7 | 7 |
| 5 | 17 | 2.173 | (4,1) | 1.573 | Tulsa | 31 to 14 | 97 | 136 |
| 6 | 13 | 2.186 | (4,1) | 1.586 | --bye-- |
| 7 | 9 | 2.265 | (5,1) | 1.598 | East Carolina | 26 to 19 | 66 | 43 |
| 8 | 13 | 2.153 | (6,1) | 1.438 | Army | 24 to 17 | 78 | 61 |
| 9 | 11 | 2.144 | (6,1) | 1.429 | --bye-- |
| 10 | 25 | 1.905 | (6,2) | 1.405 | UT San Antonio | 26 to 48 | 69 | 65 |
| 11 | 21 | 1.961 | (7,2) | 1.405 | Memphis | 38 to 32 | 37 | 60 |
| 12 | 19 | 2.013 | (8,2) | 1.413 | FL Atlantic | 35 to 24 | 117 | 132 |
| 13 | 18 | 2.018 | (9,2) | 1.381 | Temple | 37 to 13 | 100 | 98 |
| 14 | 20 | 1.950 | (10,2) | 1.283 | Charlotte | 27 to 0 | 182 | 175 |
| 15 | 17 | 2.053 | (11,2) | 1.361 | North Texas | 34 to 21 | 18 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 2.040 | (11,2) | 1.348 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 17 | 1.967 | (11,3) | 1.395 | Mississippi | 10 to 41 | 5 | 7 |
| 18 | 18 | 2.006 | (11,3) | 1.434 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 15 | 2.022 | (11,3) | 1.451 | --bye-- |
| 20 | 16 | 2.006 | (11,3) | 1.435 | --bye-- |
| 21 | 16 | 2.004 | (11,3) | 1.433 | --bye-- |