| 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 | St Thomas MN | 13 to 35 | 7 | 225 |
| 2 | 630 | -1.485 | (0,2) | -0.485 | Appalachian St | 13 to 20 | 418 | 104 |
| 3 | 458 | -0.433 | (1,2) | -0.100 | Charleston So | 35 to 28 | 557 | 171 |
| 4 | 274 | 0.264 | (2,2) | 0.264 | Stony Brook | 30 to 27 | 346 | 229 |
| 5 | 271 | 0.279 | (2,3) | 0.479 | Miami OH | 0 to 38 | 225 | 103 |
| 6 | 228 | 0.446 | (3,3) | 0.446 | TN Martin | 30 to 14 | 343 | 200 |
| 7 | 209 | 0.581 | (3,3) | 0.581 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 203 | 0.568 | (3,4) | 0.711 | Tennessee Tech | 28 to 52 | 94 | 72 |
| 9 | 196 | 0.620 | (3,5) | 0.870 | Gardner Webb | 20 to 48 | 106 | 118 |
| 10 | 185 | 0.694 | (4,5) | 0.805 | Tennessee St | 35 to 13 | 333 | 333 |
| 11 | | | | | W Illinois | | | 285 |
| 12 | | | | | E Illinois | | | 259 |
| 13 | | | | | SE Missouri St | | | 226 |
| 14 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |