| Opponent | vs other teams | |||||||||||
| Date | Result | Rnk | Team | Rec | PF-PA | — | PF-PA | — | PF-PA | |||
| 1 Sep | L 20-23 | 36 | Boston College | 6-6 | 25.9-23.1 | in 6 wins | 38.3-15.5 | in 6 losses | 13.5-30.7 | |||
| 9 Sep | W 38-10 | 157 | Eastern Illinois | 6-4 | 18.4-24.8 | in 6 wins | 22.3-19.8 | in 4 losses | 12.5-32.3 | |||
| 16 Sep | W 21-17 | at | 75 | Nebraska | 4-7 | 26.5-37.8 | in 4 wins | 30.8-20.8 | in 7 losses | 24.1-47.6 | ||
| 30 Sep | L 28-34 | at | 42 | San Diego State | 9-3 | 30.5-19.6 | in 9 wins | 34.9-15.0 | in 3 losses | 17.3-33.3 | ||
| 7 Oct | W 24-3 | 159 | Kent State | 2-9 | 13.6-36.1 | in 2 wins | 27.5-22.5 | in 9 losses | 10.6-39.1 | |||
| 14 Oct | W 14-13 | at | 110 | Buffalo | 6-5 | 29.9-25.8 | in 6 wins | 33.8-21.7 | in 5 losses | 25.2-30.8 | ||
| 21 Oct | W 48-17 | at | 152 | Bowling Green | 2-9 | 26.1-37.1 | in 2 wins | 40.5-22.5 | in 9 losses | 22.9-40.3 | ||
| 26 Oct | W 30-27 OT | 119 | Eastern Michigan | 5-6 | 26.0-22.7 | in 5 wins | 31.4-17.8 | in 6 losses | 21.5-26.8 | |||
| 2 Nov | L 17-27 | at | 37 | Toledo | 10-3 | 37.1-26.9 | in 10 wins | 44.2-22.6 | in 3 losses | 13.3-41.3 | ||
| 9 Nov | W 63-17 | 182 | Ball State | 2-9 | 18.0-38.6 | in 2 wins | 39.5-22.0 | in 9 losses | 13.2-42.3 | |||
| 15 Nov | W 35-31 | 99 | Western Michigan | 6-5 | 34.2-28.5 | in 6 wins | 46.7-25.0 | in 5 losses | 19.2-32.6 | |||
| 24 Nov | L 24-31 | at | 77 | Central Michigan | 7-5 | 28.3-27.8 | in 7 wins | 39.4-23.9 | in 5 losses | 12.6-33.4 | ||
| 26 Dec | L 14-36 | vs | 47 | Duke | 6-6 | 25.8-20.8 | in 6 wins | 39.3-17.3 | in 6 losses | 12.2-24.2 | ||
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