| 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 | 221 |
| 2 | 7 | 3.600 | (1,1) | 3.600 | Indiana St | 14 to 38 | 1 | 150 |
| 3 | 418 | -0.217 | (1,2) | 0.117 | Illinois St | 30 to 42 | 149 | 113 |
| 4 | 232 | 0.441 | (1,2) | 0.774 | --bye-- |
| 5 | 168 | 0.806 | (2,2) | 0.806 | W Illinois | 31 to 23 | 315 | 285 |
| 6 | 156 | 0.878 | (3,2) | 0.678 | Tennessee St | 31 to 7 | 304 | 333 |
| 7 | 192 | 0.685 | (3,3) | 0.685 | Gardner Webb | 10 to 21 | 71 | 118 |
| 8 | 231 | 0.425 | (3,4) | 0.568 | SE Missouri St | 13 to 42 | 206 | 226 |
| 9 | 238 | 0.385 | (3,5) | 0.635 | Charleston So | 16 to 17 | 192 | 171 |
| 10 | 259 | 0.298 | (3,6) | 0.632 | TN Martin | 20 to 27 | 200 | 200 |
| 11 | | | | | Tennessee Tech | | | 72 |
| 12 | | | | | Lindenwood | | | 185 |
| 13 | | | | | Alabama | | | 5 |
| 14 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |