| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 31August 31 | at Iowa State (7-2, 4-2) | L 3-21 | 4.10 | 7.35 | -3.26 | 2.80%
| -1 |
| Sep 7September 7 | vs #4 Montana (7-3, 4-2) | W 27-24 | 4.66 | 5.17 | -0.51 | 37.15%
| -1 |
| Sep 14September 14 | vs Idaho State (5-5, 3-3) | W 52-28 | 5.82 | 5.42 | +0.39 | 59.89%
| +3 |
| Sep 21September 21 | vs San Diego (6-3, 4-2) | W 41-24 | 7.22 | 4.61 | +2.61 | 95.66%
| +1 |
| Sep 28September 28 | vs Murray State (1-9, 0-7) | W 72-35 | 9.42 | 5.39 | +4.04 | 98.15%
| +3 |
| Oct 5October 5 | at #2 North Dakota State (9-1, 6-0) | L 17-41 | 4.94 | 6.22 | -1.27 | 20.41%
| -2 |
| Oct 19October 19 | vs Northern Iowa (2-8, 0-6) | W 31-7 | 5.15 | 4.86 | +0.28 | 57.14%
| +1 |
| Oct 26October 26 | at Youngstown State (3-8, 2-5) | L 40-41 | 5.31 | 6.55 | -1.23 | 21.14%
| +2 |
| Nov 2November 2 | at Indiana State (4-6, 3-3) | L 31-35 | 5.39 | 6.72 | -1.33 | 19.29%
| -1 |
| Nov 9November 9 | vs #3 South Dakota State (8-2, 5-1) | L 7-38 | 4.43 | 7.25 | -2.83 | 3.51%
| -2 |
| Nov 16November 16 | vs #5 South Dakota (7-2, 5-1) | 1:00 PM | | | | | |
| Nov 23November 23 | at #17 Illinois State (7-3, 4-2) | 1:00 PM | | | | | |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 5-5, 2-4 | 5.62 | 5.92 | -0.306 | 4.15-5.85 (+0.85) | +3 |