| Week | Date | Rank | Rec | Points | FPV | CP | Last Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Oct 3 | 7 | 1-0-1 | 127 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Oct 10 | NR | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | Oct 17 | 10 | 2-1-1 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Oct 24 | 15 | 2-2-1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Oct 31 | NR | 0 | 0 | |||
| 9 | Nov 14 | 13 | 3-4-1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Nov 21 | NR | 0 | 0 | |||
| Final | Nov 28 | 19 | 4-4-1 | 4 | 0 |
Note: Purdue'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.