| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Sep 1September 1 (Thu) | vs Oregon State (4-8, 3-6) | W 30-23 | 3.78 | 4.28 | -0.50 | 37.45%
| +1 |
| Sep 10September 10 | vs Indiana State (4-7, 2-6) | W 58-28 | 7.80 | 5.09 | +2.72 | 96.11%
| +1 |
| Sep 24September 24 | vs Colorado State (7-6, 5-3) | W 31-24 | 6.42 | 4.67 | +1.74 | 87.44%
| +1 |
| Oct 1October 1 | at Penn State (11-3, 9-1) | L 26-29 | 5.27 | 6.73 | -1.46 | 17.04%
| -1 |
| Oct 8October 8 | vs Iowa (8-5, 6-3) | L 7-14 | 4.32 | 4.46 | -0.14 | 46.53%
| 0 |
| Oct 15October 15 | at Maryland (6-7, 3-6) | W 31-10 | 4.94 | 3.99 | +0.95 | 72.96%
| +4 |
| Oct 22October 22 | vs Rutgers (2-10, 0-9) | W 34-32 | 5.54 | 4.90 | +0.65 | 66.05%
| +1 |
| Oct 29October 29 | at Illinois (3-9, 2-7) | W 40-17 | 4.22 | 3.60 | +0.62 | 65.43%
| +3 |
| Nov 5November 5 | vs Purdue (3-9, 1-8) | W 44-31 | 7.06 | 5.38 | +1.68 | 86.56%
| +2 |
| Nov 12November 12 | at #19 Nebraska (9-4, 6-3) | L 17-24 | 4.27 | 6.23 | -1.96 | 9.74%
| -1 |
| Nov 19November 19 | vs Northwestern (7-6, 5-4) | W 29-12 | 5.05 | 4.35 | +0.70 | 67.30%
| 0 |
| Nov 26November 26 | at #6 Wisconsin (11-3, 7-3) | L 17-31 | 4.47 | 5.25 | -0.78 | 30.87%
| -3 |
| Dec 27December 27 (Tue) | at Washington State (8-5, 7-2) * | W 17-12 | 4.57 | 4.10 | +0.48 | 62.01%
| 0 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 9-4, 5-4 | 5.24 | 4.82 | +0.419 | 7.45-5.55 (+1.55) | +8 |