| 1 | Sat Sep 3 | at E Carolina | W21-20 | 1-0 | 1.000 | Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium · Greenville, NC |
| 2 | Sat Sep 10 | vsCharleston So | W55-3 | 2-0 | 1.000 | Carter-Finley Stadium · Raleigh, NC |
| 3 | Sat Sep 17 | vsTexas Tech | W27-14 | 3-0 | 1.000 | Carter-Finley Stadium · Raleigh, NC |
| 4 | Sat Sep 24 | vsUConn | W41-10 | 4-0 | 1.000 | Carter-Finley Stadium · Raleigh, NC |
| 5 | Sat Oct 1 | at#5Clemson | L20-30 | 4-1 | .800 | Memorial Stadium · Clemson, SC |
| 6 | Sat Oct 8 | vsFlorida St | W19-17 | 5-1 | .833 | Carter-Finley Stadium · Raleigh, NC |
| 7 | Sat Oct 15 | at#18Syracuse | L9-24 | 5-2 | .714 | JMA Wireless Dome · Syracuse, NY |
| 8 | Thu Oct 27 | vsVirginia Tech | W22-21 | 6-2 | .750 | Carter-Finley Stadium · Raleigh, NC |
| 9 | Sat Nov 5 | vs#21Wake Forest | W30-21 | 7-2 | .778 | Carter-Finley Stadium · Raleigh, NC |
| 10 | Sat Nov 12 | vsBoston College | L20-21 | 7-3 | .700 | Carter-Finley Stadium · Raleigh, NC |
| 11 | Sat Nov 19 | atLouisville | L10-25 | 7-4 | .636 | Cardinal Stadium · Louisville, KY |
| 12 | Fri Nov 25 | at#17UNC | W30-27 (2OT) | 8-4 | .667 | Kenan Stadium · Chapel Hill, NC |
| BOWLS | Fri Dec 30 | vsMaryland | L12-16 | 8-5 | .615 | Carter-Finley Stadium · Raleigh, NC |
