| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 1 | 40 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 2 | 424 | -0.500 | (0,1) | 0.500 | Missouri | 10 to 35 | 29 | 8 |
| 3 | 5 | 7.600 | (1,1) | 7.600 | St Thomas MN | 24 to 0 | 10 | 192 |
| 4 | 39 | 2.160 | (2,1) | 1.826 | Lamar | 35 to 6 | 205 | 278 |
| 5 | 24 | 2.188 | (2,1) | 1.855 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 30 | 2.010 | (3,1) | 1.510 | North Dakota St | 24 to 19 | 83 | 69 |
| 7 | 34 | 1.838 | (4,1) | 1.238 | Murray St | 38 to 7 | 178 | 284 |
| 8 | 39 | 1.765 | (5,1) | 1.099 | Youngstown St | 34 to 31 | 119 | 115 |
| 9 | 50 | 1.566 | (6,1) | 0.852 | Indiana St | 17 to 3 | 410 | 349 |
| 10 | 60 | 1.506 | (6,2) | 1.006 | South Dakota St | 3 to 37 | 23 | 18 |
| 11 | 54 | 1.583 | (7,2) | 1.027 | Southern Illinois | 14 to 7 | 92 | 114 |
| 12 | 44 | 1.648 | (8,2) | 1.048 | North Dakota | 14 to 10 | 110 | 117 |
| 13 | 43 | 1.581 | (9,2) | 0.945 | Western Illinois | 48 to 6 | 397 | 403 |
| 14 | 51 | 1.615 | (9,2) | 0.979 | --bye-- |
| 15 | 49 | 1.566 | (10,2) | 0.899 | Sacramento St | 34 to 24 | 117 | 122 |
| 16 | 55 | 1.479 | (10,3) | 0.940 | North Dakota St | 17 to 45 | 61 | 69 |
| 17 | 59 | 1.447 | (10,3) | 0.909 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 60 | 1.446 | (10,3) | 0.907 | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |