| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 30August 30 | vs Rice (8-5, 5-3) | W 48-17 | 9.00 | 5.56 | +3.44 | 97.30%
| +2 |
| Sep 6September 6 | vs Michigan (5-7, 3-5) | W 31-0 | 4.31 | 4.31 | -0.01 | 49.83%
| +4 |
| Sep 13September 13 | vs Purdue (3-9, 1-7) * | W 30-14 | 5.10 | 4.39 | +0.71 | 67.50%
| +2 |
| Sep 27September 27 | at Syracuse (3-9, 1-7) * | W 31-15 | 6.54 | 6.31 | +0.23 | 55.78%
| -4 |
| Oct 4October 4 | vs #14 Stanford (8-5, 5-4) | W 17-14 | 4.93 | 3.02 | +1.92 | 89.75%
| 0 |
| Oct 11October 11 | vs North Carolina (6-7, 4-4) | W 50-43 | 6.37 | 6.14 | +0.23 | 55.75%
| -1 |
| Oct 18October 18 | at #2 Florida State (13-1, 9-0) | L 27-31 | 5.40 | 5.67 | -0.26 | 43.29%
| -1 |
| Nov 1November 1 | at Navy (8-5) * | W 49-39 | 8.33 | 5.90 | +2.43 | 94.61%
| 0 |
| Nov 8November 8 | at #9 Arizona State (10-3, 6-3) | L 31-55 | 6.17 | 5.64 | +0.52 | 63.02%
| -4 |
| Nov 15November 15 | vs Northwestern (5-7, 3-5) | L 40-43 | 6.23 | 5.70 | +0.53 | 63.18%
| 0 |
| Nov 22November 22 | vs #24 Louisville (9-4, 5-3) | L 28-31 | 6.32 | 5.76 | +0.56 | 63.98%
| 0 |
| Nov 29November 29 | at USC (9-4, 6-3) | L 14-49 | 5.45 | 6.20 | -0.75 | 31.48%
| -2 |
| Dec 30December 30 (Tue) | at LSU (8-5, 4-4) * | W 31-28 | 5.83 | 8.39 | -2.55 | 4.66%
| +1 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 8-5 | 6.11 | 5.60 | +0.507 | 7.80-5.20 (+0.20) | -3 |