| 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 | Valparaiso | 52 to 10 | 424 | 452 |
| 3 | 144 | 2.594 | (1,1) | 2.594 | Ohio State | 7 to 35 | 88 | 7 |
| 4 | 77 | 1.656 | (2,1) | 1.323 | Robert Morris | 48 to 28 | 168 | 300 |
| 5 | 145 | 1.031 | (2,1) | 0.697 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 182 | 0.777 | (2,2) | 0.777 | Northern Iowa | 41 to 44 | 155 | 131 |
| 7 | 109 | 1.172 | (3,2) | 0.972 | Southern Illinois | 31 to 3 | 74 | 114 |
| 8 | 119 | 1.086 | (3,3) | 1.086 | South Dakota | 31 to 34 | 39 | 60 |
| 9 | 111 | 1.118 | (4,3) | 0.975 | Illinois St | 41 to 38 | 233 | 199 |
| 10 | 102 | 1.199 | (5,3) | 0.949 | Missouri St | 44 to 28 | 184 | 189 |
| 11 | 105 | 1.186 | (6,3) | 0.853 | Indiana St | 19 to 7 | 363 | 349 |
| 12 | 102 | 1.204 | (6,4) | 1.004 | South Dakota St | 0 to 34 | 18 | 18 |
| 13 | 98 | 1.186 | (7,4) | 0.913 | Murray St | 34 to 17 | 269 | 284 |
| 14 | 97 | 1.241 | (8,4) | 0.908 | Duquesne | 40 to 7 | 241 | 248 |
| 15 | 110 | 1.079 | (8,5) | 0.848 | Villanova | 28 to 45 | 87 | 89 |
| 16 | 110 | 1.072 | (8,5) | 0.842 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 114 | 1.049 | (8,5) | 0.818 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 115 | 1.036 | (8,5) | 0.805 | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |