| 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 | FL Atlantic | 39 to 7 | 518 | 131 |
| 2 | 50 | 1.864 | (2,0) | 0.864 | N Illinois | 20 to 9 | 117 | 224 |
| 3 | 60 | 1.494 | (3,0) | 0.494 | Towson | 44 to 17 | 192 | 251 |
| 4 | 31 | 1.794 | (4,0) | 0.794 | Wisconsin | 27 to 10 | 144 | 59 |
| 5 | 36 | 1.817 | (4,0) | 0.817 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 50 | 1.627 | (4,1) | 1.027 | Washington | 20 to 24 | 12 | 23 |
| 7 | 70 | 1.441 | (4,2) | 1.107 | Nebraska | 31 to 34 | 28 | 55 |
| 8 | 95 | 1.173 | (4,3) | 1.030 | UCLA | 17 to 20 | 85 | 84 |
| 9 | 83 | 1.272 | (4,3) | 1.129 | --bye-- |
| 10 | 84 | 1.283 | (4,4) | 1.283 | Indiana | 10 to 55 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | 100 | 1.172 | (4,5) | 1.283 | Rutgers | 20 to 35 | 77 | 75 |
| 12 | 101 | 1.172 | (4,6) | 1.372 | Illinois | 6 to 24 | 22 | 19 |
| 13 | 99 | 1.157 | (4,7) | 1.430 | Michigan | 20 to 45 | 11 | 18 |
| 14 | 122 | 1.023 | (4,8) | 1.356 | Michigan St | 28 to 38 | 96 | 89 |
| 15 | 115 | 1.042 | (4,8) | 1.376 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 113 | 1.051 | (4,8) | 1.385 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 114 | 1.060 | (4,8) | 1.393 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 113 | 1.073 | (4,8) | 1.406 | --bye-- |
| 19 | 114 | 1.063 | (4,8) | 1.397 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |