| Opponent | vs other teams | |||||||||||
| Date | Result | Rnk | Team | Rec | PF-PA | — | PF-PA | — | PF-PA | |||
| 31 Aug | L 21-49 | 4 | Ohio State | 11-2 | 40.5-18.8 | in 11 wins | 44.3-14.5 | in 2 losses | 20.0-43.0 | |||
| 9 Sep | W 34-17 | at | 72 | Virginia | 6-6 | 23.0-27.9 | in 6 wins | 32.7-20.3 | in 6 losses | 13.3-35.5 | ||
| 23 Sep | W 52-17 | 177 | Georgia Southern | 2-9 | 21.2-30.4 | in 2 wins | 43.0-12.0 | in 9 losses | 16.3-34.4 | |||
| 30 Sep | L 14-45 | at | 7 | Penn State | 10-2 | 40.8-16.7 | in 10 wins | 42.7-13.4 | in 2 losses | 31.0-33.0 | ||
| 7 Oct | W 27-0 | 170 | Charleston Southern | 6-4 | 18.4-19.1 | in 6 wins | 24.5-10.3 | in 4 losses | 9.3-32.3 | |||
| 14 Oct | L 20-27 OT | 21 | Michigan | 7-5 | 25.1-18.8 | in 7 wins | 32.7-12.6 | in 5 losses | 14.4-27.4 | |||
| 21 Oct | L 9-17 | at | 10 | Michigan State | 9-3 | 25.2-20.9 | in 9 wins | 27.8-14.0 | in 3 losses | 17.3-41.7 | ||
| 28 Oct | L 39-42 | at | 54 | Maryland | 3-8 | 22.5-36.9 | in 3 wins | 48.3-27.3 | in 8 losses | 12.8-40.5 | ||
| 4 Nov | L 17-45 | 3 | Wisconsin | 12-1 | 32.9-13.7 | in 12 wins | 33.9-12.6 | in 1 loss | 21.0-27.0 | |||
| 11 Nov | W 24-14 | at | 130 | Illinois | 2-9 | 15.5-32.2 | in 2 wins | 22.0-14.0 | in 9 losses | 14.1-36.2 | ||
| 18 Nov | W 41-0 | 98 | Rutgers | 4-7 | 19.6-27.2 | in 4 wins | 36.3-15.0 | in 7 losses | 10.1-34.1 | |||
| 25 Nov | L 24-31 | at | 39 | Purdue | 6-6 | 24.8-20.3 | in 6 wins | 33.5-16.8 | in 6 losses | 16.0-23.7 | ||
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