| Week | Date | Rank | Rec | Points | FPV | CP | Last Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Sep 9 | 7 | 0-0 | 173 | 1 | DNP | |
| 1 | Sep 24 | NR | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3 | Oct 8 | 9 | 1-0-1 | 133 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Oct 15 | NR | 0 | 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.