| 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 | FL Atlantic | 39 to 7 | 518 | 133 |
| 2 | 50 | 1.864 | (2,0) | 0.864 | N Illinois | 20 to 9 | 117 | 214 |
| 3 | 60 | 1.494 | (3,0) | 0.494 | Towson | 44 to 17 | 192 | 272 |
| 4 | 31 | 1.794 | (4,0) | 0.794 | Wisconsin | 27 to 10 | 144 | 96 |
| 5 | 36 | 1.837 | (4,0) | 0.837 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 50 | 1.673 | (4,1) | 1.073 | Washington | 20 to 24 | 12 | 16 |
| 7 | 70 | 1.494 | (4,2) | 1.161 | Nebraska | 31 to 34 | 28 | 46 |
| 8 | 95 | 1.237 | (4,3) | 1.094 | UCLA | 17 to 20 | 85 | 73 |
| 9 | 83 | 1.348 | (4,3) | 1.205 | --bye-- |
| 10 | 84 | 1.367 | (4,4) | 1.367 | Indiana | 10 to 55 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | | | | | Rutgers | | | 91 |
| 12 | | | | | Illinois | | | 24 |
| 13 | | | | | Michigan | | | 14 |
| 14 | | | | | Michigan St | | | 93 |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |