| 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 | Old Dominion | 27 to 14 | 518 | 47 |
| 2 | 51 | 1.666 | (2,0) | 0.666 | Kennesaw | 56 to 9 | 139 | 51 |
| 3 | 93 | 1.228 | (3,0) | 0.228 | Indiana St | 73 to 0 | 297 | 150 |
| 4 | 12 | 2.268 | (4,0) | 1.268 | Illinois | 63 to 10 | 43 | 24 |
| 5 | 6 | 2.518 | (5,0) | 1.518 | Iowa | 20 to 15 | 91 | 45 |
| 6 | 5 | 2.548 | (5,0) | 1.548 | --bye-- |
| 7 | 4 | 2.638 | (6,0) | 1.638 | Oregon | 30 to 20 | 24 | 13 |
| 8 | 1 | 2.567 | (7,0) | 1.567 | Michigan St | 38 to 13 | 84 | 93 |
| 9 | 2 | 2.569 | (8,0) | 1.569 | UCLA | 56 to 6 | 76 | 73 |
| 10 | 2 | 2.580 | (9,0) | 1.580 | Maryland | 55 to 10 | 84 | 84 |
| 11 | | | | | Penn St | | | 98 |
| 12 | | | | | Wisconsin | | | 96 |
| 13 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 14 | | | | | Purdue | | | 121 |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |