| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Sam Houston State | SHSU (3-0) had the week off to refuel their high octane offense. Northwestern State is charged with trying to slow it down. | 2 |
| 2 |  | Weber State | WSU (3-0) needed "Divine Intervention" to beat Northern Arizona. A chink in their armor has been found. At Southern Utah next. | 1 |
| 3 |  | James Madison | JMU (4-0) convincing in win at William & Mary, but what's really learned? Now this game at Richmond will provide better answers. | 3 |
| 4 |  | North Dakota State | NDSU (5-1) had their trip to South Dakota nixed. Hmm? Now the huge SDSU game. At least it's at home. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Delaware | UD (3-0) wins at Rhode Island to stay undefeated. Now they travel to Albany, who has been struggling. Trap game? | 6 |
| 6 |  | North Dakota | UND (4-1) had their game at Youngstown State moved to April 17. Now, one last home date with suddenly hot Missouri State. | 7 |
| 7 |  | South Dakota State | SDSU (4-1) had no game against Illinois State, who've balked at spring. This game at NDSU is huge in the Valley and nationally. | 8 |
| 8 |  | Kennesaw State | KSU (3-0) had their game at Gardner-Webb postponed. Waiting to hear if it's rescheduled. RMU is supposed to visit this week. | 9 |
| 9 |  | Virginia Military | VMI (5-0) wins at Wofford and now sits atop the SoCon by themselves. A home win against ETSU eliminates Bucs slim hopes. | 12 |
| 10 |  | Murray State | MSU (5-0) beat Eastern Illinois and vaults into OVC's crow's nest all alone. Road game at APSU is important to set up finale. | 13 |
| 11 |  | Eastern Washington | EWU (3-1) laid another monster beat down on Cal Poly. Next week's game at UC-Davis might be for a playoff spot. | 14 |
| 12 |  | Jacksonville State | JSU (7-2) lost to APSU, letting them back into auto-bid talk. Needs to beat Eastern Illinois next week to stay alive themselves. | 5 |
| 13 |  | Chattanooga | UTC (3-2) slipped up to Mercer at home. Needs win at WCU, but will be scoreboard watching VMI/ETSU also. | 10 |
| 14 |  | Nicholls | NSU (4-1) did to UIW, what SHSU did to them. 55 first half points on the way to a 75-45 win! They go to McNeese this week. | 22 |
| 15 |  | Richmond | UR (3-0) beat Elon for the second time in three weeks. This home tilt with JMU will likely decided if they go playoffing (new word) or not. | 23 |
| 16 |  | UC Davis | UC-D (3-1) had to go to the wire to upend Idaho State. Might have been looking ahead to EWU's visit. | 16 |
| 17 |  | Maine | UM (2-1) had a non-COVID bye week - neato! They host Villanova next, who's not played in two weeks. | 17 |
| 18 |  | Incarnate Word | UIW (3-1) must think it's still basketball season. These scores are crazy! Big time loss to Nicholls. They get a week to re-evaluate. | 11 |
| 19 |  | Southeastern Louisiana | SLU (2-2) had the week off. Now they get a home date with Lamar before a final road game at Nicholls. | 18 |
| 20 |  | Furman | FU (3-2) had the week off. Now they go to Mercer, who just hindered Chattanooga's playoff hopes. | 19 |
| 21 |  | Missouri State | MSU (4-4) makes it 4-1 in spring time by beating SIU. A win at North Dakota could make them a player for an auto-bid with chaos. | NR |
| 22 |  | Southern Illinois | SIU (4-3) lost at Missouri State and likely blew a playoff spot in the process. Get an open date now before season finale. | 15 |
| 23 |  | Rhode Island | URI (2-1) dropped their game at home with Delaware. Have a home game with UNH next, who hasn't played since March 6. | 21 |
| 24 |  | Villanova | 'Nova (1-1) had another virus-caused off week. Hopefully they can make it to Maine and play. | 20 |
| 25 |  | Samford | SU (3-3) continued The Citadel's long season with a crushing victory. They'll take this week off. | 24 |
