| Week 1
Sept 23[1] | Week 2
Sept 30[2] | Week 3
Oct 7[3] | Week 4
Oct 14[4] | Week 5
Oct 21[5] | Week 6
Oct 28[6] | Week 7
Nov 4[7] | Week 8
Nov 11[8] | Week 9
Nov 18[9] | Week 10
Nov 25[10] | |
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| 1. | North Dakota (3–0) | Southwest Texas State (4–0) | Southwest Texas State (4–0) | Southwest Texas State (5–0) | Southwest Texas State (6–0) | Southwest Texas State (7–0) | Southwest Texas State (8–0) | Southwest Texas State (9–0) | Southwest Texas State (10–0) | Northern Michigan (10–0) | 1. |
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| 2. | Northern Michigan (3–0) | Northern Michigan (4–0) | Northern Michigan (5–0) | Northern Michigan (5–0) | Northern Michigan (6–0) | Northern Michigan (7–0) | Northern Michigan (8–0) | Northern Michigan (9–0) | Northern Michigan (10–0) | Virginia Union (11–0) | 2. |
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| 3. | Southwest Texas State (3–0) | Puget Sound (4–0) | Puget Sound (5–0) | Virginia Union (5–0) | Virginia Union (6–0) | Virginia Union (7–0) | Virginia Union (8–1) | Virginia Union (9–0) | Virginia Union (10–0) | Puget Sound (10–1) | 3. |
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| 4. | Puget Sound (3–0) | Virginia Union (3–0) | Virginia Union (4–0) | Texas A&I (5–0) | Texas A&I (6–0) | Texas A&I (7–0) | Puget Sound (7–1) | Puget Sound (9–1) | Puget Sound (10–1) | Southwest Texas State (10–1) | 4. |
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| 5. | Virginia Union (2–0) | Livingston (3–0) | Texas A&I (4–0) | Puget Sound (5–1) | Puget Sound (6–1) | Puget Sound (7–1) | Elizabeth City State (7–1) | Elizabeth City State (8–1) | Jacksonville State (7–2) | Jacksonville State (8–2) | 5. |
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| 6. | Mississippi College (2–0) | Texas A&I (3–0) | Abilene Christian (3–0) | Shippensburg (5–0) | Elizabeth City State (5–1) | Elizabeth City State (6–1) | Texas A&I (5–2) | Jacksonville State (6–2) | North Dakota State (8–2) | North Dakota State (8–2) | 6. |
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| 7. | Texas A&I (3–0) | Abilene Christian (3–0) | Shippensburg (4–0) | Elizabeth City State (4–1) | Jacksonville State (4–2) | Jacksonville State (4–2) | Jacksonville State (7–2) | North Dakota State (8–2) | North Alabama (8–1) | Elizabeth City State (8–2) | 7. |
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| 8. | Clarion State (2–0) | Shippensburg (3–0) | North Dakota (4–1) | North Dakota (5–1) | Shippensburg (6–0) | Shippensburg (7–0) | North Dakota State (8–0) | North Alabama (7–1) | Elizabeth City State (8–2) | Shippensburg (11–0) | 8. |
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| 9. | Livingston (2–0) | North Dakota (3–1) | Cal State Northridge (3–0–1) [note 1] | Cal State Northridge (4–0–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (7–0) | North Dakota State (6–2) | Shippensburg (6–1) | Shippensburg (9–0) | Grand Valley State (7–2) | Texas A&I (9–2) | 9. |
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| 10. | Elizabeth City State (2–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (4–0) | Livingston (3–1) | Jacksonville State (3–2) | North Dakota State (5–2) | Minnesota–Duluth (8–0) | North Alabama | Abilene Christian (7–1) | Shippensburg (10–0) | Grand Valley State (7–2) | 10. |
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| 11. | Morgan State (2–0) | West Chester State (3–0) | Lock Haven (4–0) | | | | | Grand Valley State (6–2) | | North Alabama (8–2) | 11. |
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| 12. | | | Minnesota–Duluth (5–0) | | | | | | | | 12. |
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| Week 1
Sept 23[1] | Week 2
Sept 30[2] | Week 3
Oct 7[3] | Week 4
Oct 14[4] | Week 5
Oct 21[5] | Week 6
Oct 28[6] | Week 7
Nov 4[7] | Week 8
Nov 11[8] | Week 9
Nov 18[9] | Week 10
Nov 25[10] | |
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| Dropped:
- 6 Mississippi College
- 8 Clarion State
- 10 Elizabeth City State
- 11 Morgan State
| Dropped:
11 West Chester State | Dropped:
- 6 Abilene Christian
- 10 Livingston
- 11 Lock Haven
- 11 Minnesota–Duluth
| Dropped:
- 8 North Dakota
- 9 Cal State Northridge
| None | Dropped:
10 Minnesota–Duluth | Dropped:
6 Texas A&I | Dropped:
10 Abilene Christian | None | |
