| Opponent | vs other teams | |||||||||||
| Date | Result | Rnk | Team | Rec | PF-PA | — | PF-PA | — | PF-PA | |||
| 2 Sep | W 24-21 | 187 | Ball State | 2-9 | 17.6-42.2 | in 2 wins | 39.5-22.0 | in 9 losses | 12.8-46.7 | |||
| 9 Sep | W 20-7 | 142 | Western Kentucky | 6-6 | 27.0-27.4 | in 6 wins | 33.3-22.5 | in 6 losses | 20.7-32.3 | |||
| 15 Sep | L 23-47 | at | 32 | South Florida | 9-2 | 37.5-23.5 | in 9 wins | 38.4-20.2 | in 2 losses | 33.0-38.5 | ||
| 29 Sep | L 6-28 | 64 | Nebraska | 3-8 | 25.5-39.2 | in 3 wins | 31.7-25.7 | in 8 losses | 23.3-44.3 | |||
| 7 Oct | L 16-45 | at | 18 | Iowa | 7-5 | 26.8-20.3 | in 7 wins | 36.3-18.0 | in 5 losses | 13.6-23.4 | ||
| 14 Oct | L 24-35 | 90 | Rutgers | 3-8 | 16.5-28.7 | in 3 wins | 36.7-12.0 | in 8 losses | 8.9-35.0 | |||
| 21 Oct | L 17-24 | at | 63 | Minnesota | 4-7 | 21.9-23.4 | in 4 wins | 38.3-11.3 | in 7 losses | 12.6-30.3 | ||
| 28 Oct | L 10-24 | 5 | Wisconsin | 12-1 | 34.5-14.2 | in 12 wins | 35.7-13.2 | in 1 loss | 21.0-27.0 | |||
| 4 Nov | L 10-29 | at | 34 | Purdue | 6-6 | 24.9-21.4 | in 6 wins | 33.8-19.2 | in 6 losses | 16.0-23.7 | ||
| 11 Nov | L 14-24 | 47 | Indiana | 4-7 | 27.1-26.4 | in 4 wins | 38.5-8.5 | in 7 losses | 20.6-36.6 | |||
| 18 Nov | L 14-52 | at | 3 | Ohio State | 11-2 | 40.3-19.4 | in 11 wins | 44.0-15.1 | in 2 losses | 20.0-43.0 | ||
| 25 Nov | L 7-42 | 16 | Northwestern | 9-3 | 28.2-21.2 | in 9 wins | 32.2-16.6 | in 3 losses | 16.0-35.0 | |||
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