| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 0 | 9 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 1 | 518 | -0.500 | (0,1) | 0.500 | Rutgers | 31 to 34 | 7 | 75 |
| 2 | 679 | -2.492 | (1,1) | -2.492 | West Virginia | 17 to 10 | 696 | 94 |
| 3 | 158 | 0.803 | (1,2) | 1.136 | Ohio St | 9 to 37 | 54 | 4 |
| 4 | 82 | 1.287 | (2,2) | 1.287 | Gardner Webb | 52 to 35 | 127 | 148 |
| 5 | 56 | 1.596 | (3,2) | 1.396 | Bowling Green | 35 to 20 | 124 | 192 |
| 6 | 85 | 1.272 | (3,3) | 1.272 | Ball St | 14 to 20 | 119 | 169 |
| 7 | 75 | 1.398 | (3,3) | 1.398 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 90 | 1.223 | (4,3) | 1.080 | N Illinois | 48 to 21 | 280 | 224 |
| 9 | 86 | 1.249 | (5,3) | 0.999 | E Michigan | 28 to 21 | 257 | 188 |
| 10 | 87 | 1.264 | (5,3) | 1.014 | --bye-- |
| 11 | 68 | 1.393 | (6,3) | 1.060 | Miami OH | 24 to 20 | 109 | 119 |
| 12 | 87 | 1.277 | (6,4) | 1.077 | W Michigan | 13 to 17 | 82 | 56 |
| 13 | 92 | 1.208 | (7,4) | 0.935 | Massachusetts | 42 to 14 | 333 | 335 |
| 14 | 89 | 1.212 | (8,4) | 0.879 | Buffalo | 31 to 26 | 189 | 184 |
| 15 | 90 | 1.209 | (8,4) | 0.876 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 90 | 1.208 | (8,4) | 0.875 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 87 | 1.228 | (8,4) | 0.894 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 74 | 1.324 | (9,4) | 0.940 | UNLV | 17 to 10 | 55 | 53 |
| 19 | 74 | 1.316 | (9,4) | 0.931 | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |