| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 31August 31 (Fri) | vs Utah State (11-2, 7-1) | W 38-31 | 6.03 | 4.99 | +1.04 | 74.91%
| 0 |
| Sep 8September 8 | at Arizona State (7-6, 5-4) | L 13-16 | 5.71 | 5.51 | +0.21 | 55.20%
| 0 |
| Sep 22September 22 | at Indiana (5-7, 2-7) | W 35-21 | 5.30 | 3.86 | +1.44 | 82.68%
| -2 |
| Sep 29September 29 | vs Central Michigan (1-11, 0-8) | W 31-20 | 4.79 | 4.30 | +0.49 | 62.36%
| +1 |
| Oct 6October 6 | vs Northwestern (9-5, 8-2) | L 19-29 | 5.59 | 5.69 | -0.09 | 47.58%
| +1 |
| Oct 13October 13 | at #8 Penn State (9-4, 6-3) | W 21-17 | 4.70 | 6.19 | -1.49 | 16.49%
| 0 |
| Oct 20October 20 | vs #6 Michigan (10-3, 8-1) | L 7-21 | 1.84 | 5.06 | -3.22 | 2.82%
| +1 |
| Oct 27October 27 | vs Purdue (6-7, 5-4) | W 23-13 | 4.95 | 5.47 | -0.51 | 37.10%
| +2 |
| Nov 3November 3 | at Maryland (5-7, 3-6) | W 24-3 | 5.24 | 1.89 | +3.35 | 97.26%
| 0 |
| Nov 10November 10 | vs #10 Ohio State (13-1, 9-1) | L 6-26 | 4.42 | 4.27 | +0.15 | 53.82%
| -2 |
| Nov 17November 17 | at Nebraska (4-8, 3-6) | L 6-9 | 3.66 | 3.70 | -0.04 | 48.88%
| 0 |
| Nov 24November 24 | vs Rutgers (1-11, 0-9) | W 14-10 | 3.78 | 4.09 | -0.31 | 42.05%
| +1 |
| Dec 31December 31 (Mon) | at Oregon (9-4, 5-4) * | L 6-7 | 3.89 | 3.53 | +0.37 | 59.28%
| -1 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 7-6, 5-4 | 4.65 | 4.56 | +0.088 | 6.80-6.20 (+0.20) | +1 |