| 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 | Citadel | 38 to 0 | 518 | 209 |
| 2 | 15 | 3.015 | (2,0) | 2.015 | Tennessee St | 59 to 3 | 38 | 333 |
| 3 | 85 | 1.346 | (3,0) | 0.346 | SE Missouri St | 41 to 14 | 339 | 226 |
| 4 | 113 | 1.113 | (3,0) | 0.113 | --bye-- |
| 5 | 79 | 1.446 | (4,0) | 0.446 | South Dakota | 51 to 13 | 126 | 105 |
| 6 | 51 | 1.665 | (5,0) | 0.665 | Illinois St | 33 to 16 | 89 | 113 |
| 7 | 43 | 1.744 | (6,0) | 0.744 | S Illinois | 45 to 17 | 135 | 139 |
| 8 | 41 | 1.736 | (7,0) | 0.736 | Indiana St | 38 to 7 | 172 | 150 |
| 9 | 37 | 1.825 | (8,0) | 0.825 | S Dakota St | 38 to 7 | 61 | 79 |
| 10 | 34 | 1.835 | (9,0) | 0.835 | Youngstown St | 38 to 30 | 149 | 149 |
| 11 | | | | | North Dakota | | | 107 |
| 12 | | | | | Northern Iowa | | | 244 |
| 13 | | | | | St Thomas MN | | | 225 |
| 14 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |