| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 29August 29 (Thu) | vs UNLV (7-6, 5-3) | W 51-23 | 5.25 | 4.93 | +0.32 | 57.98%
| +1 |
| Sep 7September 7 | at New Mexico State (2-10) | W 44-21 | 8.09 | 4.40 | +3.69 | 97.42%
| 0 |
| Sep 14September 14 | vs Western Illinois (4-8, 2-6) | W 29-12 | 5.53 | 4.34 | +1.18 | 77.85%
| -1 |
| Sep 21September 21 | vs San José State (6-6, 5-3) | W 43-24 | 5.37 | 9.35 | -3.98 | 2.05%
| +3 |
| Sep 28September 28 | vs Iowa (8-5, 5-3) | L 7-23 | 3.24 | 6.63 | -3.39 | 2.73%
| -1 |
| Oct 5October 5 | at #19 Michigan (7-6, 3-5) | L 13-42 | 4.53 | 6.69 | -2.16 | 7.59%
| -2 |
| Oct 19October 19 | at Northwestern (5-7, 1-7) | W 20-17 | 4.75 | 4.56 | +0.19 | 54.81%
| +3 |
| Oct 26October 26 | vs #24 Nebraska (9-4, 5-3) | W 34-23 | 6.06 | 5.47 | +0.59 | 64.69%
| +2 |
| Nov 2November 2 | at Indiana (5-7, 3-5) | W 42-39 | 7.35 | 6.61 | +0.73 | 68.06%
| 0 |
| Nov 9November 9 | vs Penn State (7-5, 4-4) | W 24-10 | 5.37 | 5.79 | -0.42 | 39.39%
| +1 |
| Nov 23November 23 | vs #19 Wisconsin (9-4, 6-2) | L 7-20 | 3.36 | 4.56 | -1.20 | 21.83%
| -2 |
| Nov 30November 30 | at #11 Michigan State (13-1, 9-0) | L 3-14 | 3.32 | 6.35 | -3.03 | 3.04%
| -1 |
| Dec 27December 27 (Fri) | vs Syracuse (7-6, 4-4) * | L 17-21 | 5.15 | 5.28 | -0.13 | 46.60%
| 0 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 8-5, 4-4 | 5.23 | 5.66 | -0.423 | 5.44-7.56 (+2.56) | +3 |