| Opponent | vs other teams | |||||||||||
| Date | Result | Rnk | Team | Rec | PF-PA | — | PF-PA | — | PF-PA | |||
| 2 Sep | W 51-41 | at | 39 | Texas | 7-5 | 28.5-18.8 | in 7 wins | 36.3-15.0 | in 5 losses | 17.6-24.0 | ||
| 9 Sep | W 63-17 | 131 | Towson | 5-5 | 17.5-20.0 | in 5 wins | 19.8-11.0 | in 5 losses | 15.2-29.0 | |||
| 23 Sep | L 10-38 | 7 | UCF | 12-0 | 49.1-26.6 | in 12 wins | 49.1-26.6 | |||||
| 30 Sep | W 31-24 | at | 67 | Minnesota | 5-6 | 21.9-22.1 | in 5 wins | 35.4-12.4 | in 6 losses | 10.7-30.2 | ||
| 7 Oct | L 14-62 | at | 4 | Ohio State | 11-2 | 39.5-19.4 | in 11 wins | 43.1-15.1 | in 2 losses | 20.0-43.0 | ||
| 14 Oct | L 21-37 | 17 | Northwestern | 9-3 | 28.6-20.0 | in 9 wins | 32.8-15.0 | in 3 losses | 16.0-35.0 | |||
| 21 Oct | L 13-38 | at | 4 | Wisconsin | 12-1 | 33.5-14.0 | in 12 wins | 34.5-12.9 | in 1 loss | 21.0-27.0 | ||
| 28 Oct | W 42-39 | 59 | Indiana | 5-6 | 25.7-23.8 | in 5 wins | 35.6-9.6 | in 6 losses | 17.5-35.7 | |||
| 4 Nov | L 24-31 | at | 90 | Rutgers | 3-8 | 16.8-28.7 | in 3 wins | 38.0-12.0 | in 8 losses | 8.9-35.0 | ||
| 11 Nov | L 10-35 | 26 | Michigan | 7-5 | 24.4-19.6 | in 7 wins | 31.6-14.0 | in 5 losses | 14.4-27.4 | |||
| 18 Nov | L 7-17 | at | 13 | Michigan State | 9-3 | 25.2-21.1 | in 9 wins | 27.8-14.2 | in 3 losses | 17.3-41.7 | ||
| 25 Nov | L 3-66 | 7 | Penn State | 10-2 | 39.0-17.6 | in 10 wins | 40.6-14.5 | in 2 losses | 31.0-33.0 | |||
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