| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 1 | 40 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 2 | 29 | 0.500 | (1,0) | -0.500 | UW-Stevens Point | 77 to 9 | 424 | 631 |
| 3 | 554 | -0.698 | (1,1) | -0.698 | SE Missouri St | 7 to 45 | 407 | 244 |
| 4 | 201 | 0.788 | (2,1) | 0.454 | Western Illinois | 43 to 40 | 429 | 403 |
| 5 | 389 | -0.086 | (2,2) | -0.086 | Illinois St | 17 to 48 | 272 | 199 |
| 6 | 371 | -0.071 | (2,3) | 0.129 | Austin Peay | 10 to 52 | 127 | 101 |
| 7 | 343 | 0.029 | (3,3) | 0.029 | Tennessee Tech | 23 to 0 | 422 | 291 |
| 8 | 346 | 0.057 | (3,4) | 0.200 | Charleston Southern | 10 to 24 | 200 | 273 |
| 9 | 343 | 0.060 | (3,4) | 0.203 | --bye-- |
| 10 | 332 | 0.099 | (3,5) | 0.349 | Tennessee St | 20 to 43 | 150 | 254 |
| 11 | 347 | 0.058 | (3,6) | 0.392 | Eastern Illinois | 10 to 16 | 180 | 165 |
| 12 | 361 | 0.000 | (3,7) | 0.400 | Bryant | 3 to 38 | 211 | 206 |
| 13 | 357 | 0.002 | (3,7) | 0.402 | --bye-- |
| 14 | 353 | 0.024 | (3,7) | 0.424 | --bye-- |
| 15 | 360 | -0.069 | (3,7) | 0.331 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 360 | -0.075 | (3,7) | 0.325 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 363 | -0.095 | (3,7) | 0.305 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 364 | -0.102 | (3,7) | 0.298 | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |