| Week | Date | Rank | Rec | Points | FPV | CP | Last Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | N/A | 16 | 0-0 | 91 | 0 | DNP | |
| 1 | Sep 20 | 13 | 0-0 | 85 | 0 | DNP | |
| 2 | Sep 27 | 16 | 1-0 | 102 | 0 | ||
| 3 | Oct 4 | 11 | 2-0 | 270 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Oct 11 | 15 | 2-1 | 84 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Oct 18 | NR | 0 | 0 | |||
| 6 | Oct 25 | 19 | 3-2 | 51 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Nov 1 | 15 | 4-2 | 75 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Nov 8 | NR | 0 | 0 | |||
| Final | Nov 29 | 19 | 7-3 | 73 | 0 |
Note: Rice's ranking in the final 1961 poll has been changed to unranked after the original AP wire story and poll was revisited and confirmed across several newspapers.