Bowling Green - MAC - FBS - NCAA
| 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 | Lafayette | 26 to 7 | 518 | 167 |
| 2 | 426 | -0.485 | (1,1) | -0.485 | Cincinnati | 20 to 34 | 146 | 57 |
| 3 | 214 | 0.567 | (2,1) | 0.234 | Liberty | 23 to 13 | 525 | 156 |
| 4 | 126 | 1.017 | (2,2) | 1.017 | Louisville | 17 to 40 | 21 | 38 |
| 5 | 124 | 1.077 | (2,3) | 1.277 | Ohio | 20 to 35 | 56 | 74 |
| 6 | 123 | 1.004 | (2,3) | 1.204 | --bye-- |
| 7 | 90 | 1.305 | (3,3) | 1.305 | Toledo | 28 to 23 | 142 | 100 |
| 8 | 109 | 1.095 | (3,4) | 1.237 | C Michigan | 6 to 27 | 129 | 132 |
| 9 | 133 | 0.911 | (3,5) | 1.161 | Kent | 21 to 24 | 157 | 162 |
| 10 | 154 | 0.787 | (3,6) | 1.120 | Buffalo | 3 to 28 | 157 | 184 |
| 11 | 179 | 0.621 | (3,7) | 1.021 | E Michigan | 21 to 27 | 216 | 188 |
| 12 | 173 | 0.638 | (3,7) | 1.038 | --bye-- |
| 13 | 208 | 0.495 | (3,8) | 0.950 | Akron | 16 to 19 | 182 | 183 |
| 14 | 199 | 0.511 | (4,8) | 0.845 | Massachusetts | 45 to 14 | 342 | 335 |
| 15 | 192 | 0.514 | (4,8) | 0.847 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 193 | 0.511 | (4,8) | 0.844 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 191 | 0.521 | (4,8) | 0.854 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 191 | 0.520 | (4,8) | 0.853 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 192 | 0.517 | (4,8) | 0.850 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |