| Preseason
[1] | Week 1
Sept 12[2] | Week 2
Sept 19[3] | Week 3
Sept 26[4] | Week 4
Oct 2[5] | Week 5
Oct 9[6] | Week 6
Oct 16[7] | Week 7
Oct 23[8] | Week 8
Oct 30[9] | Week 9
Nov 6[10] | |
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| 1. | North Dakota State | North Dakota State (1–0) (4) | North Dakota State (2–0) (4) | North Dakota State (3–0) (4) | North Dakota State (4–0) (4) | North Dakota State (5–0) (4) | North Dakota State (6–0) (4) | Texas A&I (7–0) (4) | Texas A&I (8–0) (4) | Texas A&I (9–0) (4) | 1. |
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| 2. | Texas A&I | Texas A&I (2–0) | Texas A&I (2–0) | Texas A&I (3–0) | Texas A&I (4–0) | Texas A&I (5–0) | Texas A&I (6–0) | Jacksonville State (8–0) | Jacksonville State (8–0) | Jacksonville State (9–0) | 2. |
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| 3. | Portland State | Portland State (2–0) | Jacksonville State (3–0) | Jacksonville State (4–0) | Jacksonville State (5–0) | Jacksonville State (6–0) | Jacksonville State (7–0) | Grand Valley State (8–0) | Grand Valley State (9–0) | Grand Valley State (10–0) | 3. |
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| 4. | Jacksonville State | Jacksonville State (2–0) | IUP (2–0) | Angelo State (4–0) | Angelo State (5–0) | Grand Valley State (6–0) | Grand Valley State (7–0) | Pittsburg State (8–0) | Pittsburg State (9–0) | Pittsburg State (10–0) | 4. |
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| 5. | Sacramento State | Sacramento State (2–0) | Angelo State (3–0) | Grand Valley State (4–0) | Grand Valley State (5–0) | Winston–Salem State (6–0) | Winston–Salem State (7–0) | Angelo State (7–1) | Angelo State (8–1) т | Angelo State (9–1) т | 5. |
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| 6. | IUP | IUP (1–0) | Augustana (3–0) | Winston–Salem State (4–0) | Winston–Salem State (5–0) | Pittsburg State (6–0) | Pittsburg State (7–0) | St. Cloud State (6–1) | St. Cloud State (7–1) т | St. Cloud State (8–1) т | 6. |
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| 7. | Mississippi College | Angelo State (2–0) | Grand Valley State (3–0) | Shippensburg (4–0) | Shippensburg (5–0) | Fort Valley State (5–0) | Angelo State (6–1) | Edinboro (6–1) | Edinboro (7–1) | Edinboro (8–1) | 7. |
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| 8. | Winston–Salem State | Winston–Salem State (2–0) | Winston–Salem State (3–0) | Mississippi College (3–1) | Pittsburg State (5–0) | Sacramento State (4–1) | Edinboro (5–1) | North Dakota State (6–1) | West Chester (7–1) | West Chester (8–1) | 8. |
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| 9. | Millersville | Millersville (1–0) | Shippensburg (3–0) | Pittsburg State (4–0) | Fort Valley State (4–0) | Angelo State (5–1) | St. Cloud State (5–1) т | West Chester (6–1) | IUP (7–1) | IUP (8–1) | 9. |
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| 10. | St. Cloud State | Grand Valley State (2–0) | Portland State (2–1) | Ferris State (4–0) | Northwest Missouri State (5–0) | Shippensburg (5–0–1) | West Chester (5–1) т | IUP (6–1) | North Dakota State (6–1–1) т | Winston–Salem State (8–1) | 10. |
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| 11. | Butler | Augustana (2–0) | Pittsburg State (3–0) | Northern Colorado (3–0) | Sacramento State (4–1) | Edinboro (4–1) | IUP (5–1) | Winston–Salem State (7–1) | Winston–Salem State (8–1) т | Augustana (7–2–1) | 11. |
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| 12. | Angelo State | Shippensburg (2–0) | West Chester (2–0) | Fort Valley State (3–0) | Edinboro (3–1) | West Chester (4–1) | UC Davis (5–1) | UC Davis (6–1) | Augustana (6–2–1) т | Mississippi College (7–2) т | 12. |
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| 13. | North Carolina Central | St. Cloud State (1–0) | Mississippi College (2–1) | Northwest Missouri State (4–0) | West Chester (3–1) | St. Cloud State (4–1) | Fort Valley State (5–1) | Mississippi College (6–2) | Mississippi College (7–2) т | New Haven (8–1) т | 13. |
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| 14. | Augustana | Albany State (1–0) | South Dakota State (3–0) | Virginia Union (3–0) | St. Cloud State (3–1) | Hillsdale (5–1) | Portland State (5–2) | Northwest Missouri State (7–1) т | New Haven (7–1) | Portland State (7–3) | 14. |
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| 15. | UC Davis | UC Davis (1–0) | Ferris State (3–0) | South Dakota State (3–1) | Hillsdale (4–1) | Mississippi College (4–2) | Mississippi College (5–2) т | Virginia Union (6–1) т | Fort Valley State (6–2) | Santa Clara (7–3) | 15. |
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| 16. | Grand Valley State | Pittsburg State (1–0) | Virginia State (3–0) | Edinboro (4–0) | Nebraska–Omaha (5–0) | UC Davis (4–1) | Northwest Missouri State (6–1) т | Augustana (6–2) | Portland State (6–3) | UC Davis (7–2) | 16. |
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| 17. | Shippensburg | Virginia State (1–0) | UC Davis (2–0) | Sacramento State (3–1) | UC Davis (3–1) | IUP (4–1) | Virginia Union (5–1) | New Haven (6–1) | Virginia Union (6–1–1) | North Dakota State (6–2–1) | 17. |
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| 18. | East Texas State | Mississippi College (1–1) | Fort Valley State (3–0) | Augustana (3–1) | Mississippi College (3–2) | Portland State (4–2) | Augustana (5–2) | Ashland (6–1) | Santa Clara (7–1) | Northwest Missouri State (8–2) | 18. |
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| 19. | Albany State | Ferris State (2–0) | Virginia Union (2–1) | West Chester (2–1) | Norfolk State (5–0) | American International (5–0–1) т | Ashland (5–1) | Eastern New Mexico (6–1) т | Northwest Missouri State (7–2) | American International (7–2) | 19. |
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| 20. | North Dakota | East Texas State (2–0) | Northwest Missouri State (3–0) | Hillsdale (3–0) т | IUP (3–1) | North Alabama (4–2) т | Tuskegee (5–1) | Sacramento State (5–2) т | Butler (6–2–1) | Butler (7–2–1) | 20. |
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| 21. | | | | North Alabama (3–0) т | | | | | | | 21. |
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| Preseason
[1] | Week 1
Sept 12[2] | Week 2
Sept 19[3] | Week 3
Sept 26[4] | Week 4
Oct 2[5] | Week 5
Oct 9[6] | Week 6
Oct 16[7] | Week 7
Oct 23[8] | Week 8
Oct 30[9] | Week 9
Nov 6[10] | |
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| Dropped:
- 11 Butler
- 13 North Carolina Central
- 20 North Dakota
| Dropped:
- 5 Sacramento State
- 9 Millersville
- 13 St. Cloud State
- 14 Albany State
- 20 East Texas State
| Dropped:
- 4 IUP
- 10 Portland State
- 16 Virginia State
- 17 UC Davis
| Dropped:
- 10 Ferris State
- 11 Northern Colorado
- 14 Virginia Union
- 15 South Dakota State
- 18 Augustana
- 20 North Alabama
| Dropped:
- 10 Northwest Missouri State
- 16 Nebraska–Omaha
- 19 Norfolk State
| Dropped:
- 8 Sacramento State
- 10 Shippensburg
- 14 Hillsdale
- 19 American International
- 20 North Alabama
| Dropped:
- 13 Fort Valley State
- 14 Portland State
- 20 Tuskegee
| Dropped:
- 12 UC Davis
- 18 Ashland
- 19 Eastern New Mexico
- 20 Sacramento State
| Dropped:
- 15 Fort Valley State
- 17 Virginia Union
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