| Week | Date | Rank | Rec | Points | FPV | CP | Last Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Sep 9 | NR | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | DNP | |
| 1 | Sep 24 | 10 | 1-0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| 2 | Oct 1 | NR | 0 | 0 | |||
| 7 | Nov 5 | 7 | 6-0-1 | 146 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Nov 12 | 6 | 7-0-1 | 224 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Nov 19 | NR | 0 | 0 |
Note: Missouri'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.