| 1 | Thu Aug 28 | at Rutgers | L31-34 | 0-1 | .000 | HighPoint.com Stadium · Piscataway, NJ |
| 2 | Sat Sep 6 | vsWest Virginia | W17-10 | 1-1 | .500 | Peden Stadium · Athens, OH |
| 3 | Sat Sep 13 | at#1Ohio State | L9-37 | 1-2 | .333 | Ohio Stadium · Columbus, OH |
| 4 | Sat Sep 20 | vsGardner-Webb | W52-35 | 2-2 | .500 | Peden Stadium · Athens, OH |
| 5 | Sat Sep 27 | vsBowling Green | W35-20 | 3-2 | .600 | Peden Stadium · Athens, OH |
| 6 | Sat Oct 4 | atBall State | L14-20 | 3-3 | .500 | Scheumann Stadium · Muncie, IN |
| 7 | Sat Oct 18 | vsN Illinois | W48-21 | 4-3 | .571 | Peden Stadium · Athens, OH |
| 8 | Sat Oct 25 | atE Michigan | W28-21 | 5-3 | .625 | Rynearson Stadium · Ypsilanti, MI |
| 9 | Tue Nov 4 | vsMiami OH | W24-20 | 6-3 | .667 | Peden Stadium · Athens, OH |
| 10 | Tue Nov 11 | atW Michigan | L13-17 | 6-4 | .600 | Waldo Stadium · Kalamazoo, MI |
| 11 | Tue Nov 18 | vsUMass | W42-14 | 7-4 | .636 | Peden Stadium · Athens, OH |
| 12 | Fri Nov 28 | atBuffalo | W31-26 | 8-4 | .667 | UB Stadium · Buffalo, NY |
