| Opponent | vs other teams | |||||||||||
| Date | Result | Rnk | Team | Rec | PF-PA | — | PF-PA | — | PF-PA | |||
| 31 Aug | W 17-7 | 110 | Buffalo | 6-5 | 30.5-25.5 | in 6 wins | 33.8-21.7 | in 5 losses | 26.4-30.2 | |||
| 9 Sep | W 48-14 | at | 169 | Oregon State | 1-10 | 21.3-42.5 | in 1 win | 35.0-32.0 | in 10 losses | 19.9-43.6 | ||
| 16 Sep | W 34-3 | 106 | Middle Tenn State | 7-5 | 27.4-23.9 | in 7 wins | 33.1-16.7 | in 5 losses | 19.4-34.0 | |||
| 30 Sep | L 24-31 | 54 | Maryland | 3-8 | 23.5-38.3 | in 3 wins | 52.0-32.3 | in 8 losses | 12.8-40.5 | |||
| 7 Oct | L 17-31 | at | 39 | Purdue | 6-6 | 24.8-20.8 | in 6 wins | 33.5-18.0 | in 6 losses | 16.0-23.7 | ||
| 14 Oct | L 27-30 | 10 | Michigan State | 9-3 | 24.1-19.4 | in 9 wins | 26.3-12.0 | in 3 losses | 17.3-41.7 | |||
| 21 Oct | W 24-17 | 130 | Illinois | 2-9 | 15.3-32.2 | in 2 wins | 22.0-14.0 | in 9 losses | 13.8-36.2 | |||
| 28 Oct | L 10-17 | at | 17 | Iowa | 7-5 | 29.2-20.8 | in 7 wins | 40.3-18.9 | in 5 losses | 13.6-23.4 | ||
| 4 Nov | L 10-33 | at | 21 | Michigan | 7-5 | 24.6-19.6 | in 7 wins | 31.9-14.0 | in 5 losses | 14.4-27.4 | ||
| 11 Nov | W 54-21 | 75 | Nebraska | 4-7 | 26.2-34.8 | in 4 wins | 30.8-20.8 | in 7 losses | 23.6-42.9 | |||
| 18 Nov | L 0-39 | at | 14 | Northwestern | 9-3 | 28.4-21.8 | in 9 wins | 32.6-17.3 | in 3 losses | 16.0-35.0 | ||
| 25 Nov | L 0-31 | 3 | Wisconsin | 12-1 | 34.0-15.0 | in 12 wins | 35.1-14.0 | in 1 loss | 21.0-27.0 | |||
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