| Opponent | vs other teams | |||||||||||
| Date | Result | Rnk | Team | Rec | PF-PA | — | PF-PA | — | PF-PA | |||
| 2 Sep | L 26-31 | at | 71 | Marshall | 7-5 | 26.3-19.4 | in 7 wins | 29.6-12.6 | in 5 losses | 21.8-29.0 | ||
| 9 Sep | W 31-10 | 131 | Austin Peay | 8-3 | 28.8-24.2 | in 8 wins | 32.0-16.6 | in 3 losses | 20.3-44.3 | |||
| 16 Sep | L 17-21 | 102 | Cincinnati | 3-8 | 20.9-33.2 | in 3 wins | 21.7-17.0 | in 8 losses | 20.6-39.3 | |||
| 23 Sep | W 31-14 | at | 77 | Central Michigan | 8-4 | 29.7-27.3 | in 8 wins | 38.4-23.9 | in 4 losses | 12.3-34.0 | ||
| 30 Sep | L 17-52 | at | 9 | Notre Dame | 9-3 | 32.8-21.8 | in 9 wins | 38.4-18.1 | in 3 losses | 15.7-33.0 | ||
| 7 Oct | L 29-37 | 117 | Bowling Green | 1-10 | 24.3-38.8 | in 1 win | 44.0-16.0 | in 10 losses | 22.3-41.1 | |||
| 14 Oct | L 14-17 | at | 123 | Kent State | 1-10 | 12.4-37.0 | in 1 win | 38.0-31.0 | in 10 losses | 9.8-37.6 | ||
| 21 Oct | W 24-14 | 87 | Buffalo | 6-5 | 29.8-24.9 | in 6 wins | 33.8-21.7 | in 5 losses | 25.0-28.8 | |||
| 31 Oct | L 28-45 | at | 59 | Ohio | 8-4 | 38.6-23.9 | in 8 wins | 45.1-18.6 | in 4 losses | 25.5-34.5 | ||
| 7 Nov | W 24-14 | 87 | Akron | 7-6 | 22.8-28.3 | in 7 wins | 30.4-15.7 | in 6 losses | 13.8-43.0 | |||
| 15 Nov | L 24-27 | 92 | Eastern Michigan | 4-7 | 26.0-23.3 | in 4 wins | 32.5-16.3 | in 7 losses | 22.3-27.3 | |||
| 21 Nov | W 28-7 | at | 127 | Ball State | 2-9 | 18.9-41.8 | in 2 wins | 39.5-22.0 | in 9 losses | 14.3-46.2 | ||
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