| Opponent | vs other teams | |||||||||||
| Date | Result | Rnk | Team | Rec | PF-PA | — | PF-PA | — | PF-PA | |||
| 2 Sep | L 18-41 | at | 120 | Hawaii | 2-9 | 21.1-35.4 | in 2 wins | 37.5-30.5 | in 9 losses | 17.4-36.4 | ||
| 9 Sep | W 63-17 | 131 | Davidson | 2-8 | 20.3-31.3 | in 2 wins | 0.0-0.0 | in 8 losses | 16.4-35.6 | |||
| 16 Sep | W 42-27 | at | 131 | Gardner-Webb | 1-9 | 15.0-26.9 | in 1 win | 0.0-0.0 | in 9 losses | 12.0-28.3 | ||
| 23 Sep | W 38-34 | 131 | Samford | 8-3 | 27.5-20.8 | in 8 wins | 25.1-11.9 | in 3 losses | 17.3-31.0 | |||
| 30 Sep | W 45-7 | at | 131 | Chattanooga | 3-7 | 18.8-23.9 | in 3 wins | 32.0-10.3 | in 7 losses | 13.1-29.7 | ||
| 7 Oct | L 28-35 OT | at | 131 | Wofford | 9-3 | 24.9-21.9 | in 9 wins | 28.7-18.4 | in 3 losses | 13.7-32.3 | ||
| 14 Oct | W 49-10 | 131 | East Tennessee St | 4-6 | 20.1-26.4 | in 4 wins | 16.5-8.0 | in 6 losses | 17.3-37.0 | |||
| 21 Oct | W 26-7 | at | 131 | VMI | 0-10 | 8.1-38.2 | in 10 losses | 6.1-35.5 | ||||
| 28 Oct | L 6-28 | 131 | Furman | 7-5 | 33.0-25.4 | in 7 wins | 42.3-20.6 | in 5 losses | 20.0-32.2 | |||
| 4 Nov | W 31-19 | at | 131 | The Citadel | 5-5 | 21.8-25.9 | in 5 wins | 24.0-9.8 | in 5 losses | 13.4-39.2 | ||
| 11 Nov | L 33-35 | 131 | Mercer | 4-6 | 23.5-22.7 | in 4 wins | 37.8-11.3 | in 6 losses | 14.0-30.3 | |||
| 18 Nov | L 10-65 | at | 91 | North Carolina | 2-9 | 22.5-33.2 | in 2 wins | 43.5-27.0 | in 9 losses | 17.8-34.6 | ||
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