| 1 | Sat Aug 31 | vs Miss Valley St | W41-21 | 1-0 | 1.000 | Nissan Stadium |
| 2 | Sat Sep 7 | at N Dakota St | L3-52 | 1-1 | .500 | Fargodome |
| 3 | Sat Sep 14 | vs AR-Pine Bluff | W41-28 | 2-1 | .667 | Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium |
| 4 | Sat Sep 21 | at Tennessee Tech | L14-24 | 2-2 | .500 | Tucker Stadium |
| 5 | Sat Sep 28 | vs Charleston So | W13-9 | 3-2 | .600 | Nissan Stadium |
| 6 | Sat Oct 5 | at Lindenwood | W24-20 | 4-2 | .667 | Hunter Stadium |
| 7 | Sat Oct 12 | vs E Illinois | W41-17 | 5-2 | .714 | Nissan Stadium |
| 8 | Sat Oct 19 | at Howard | W27-14 | 6-2 | .750 | Greene Stadium |
| 10 | Sat Nov 2 | vs UT Martin | L21-28 | 6-3 | .667 | Nissan Stadium |
| 11 | Sat Nov 9 | at W Illinois | W45-20 | 7-3 | .700 | Hanson Field |
| 12 | Sat Nov 16 | at Gardner-Webb | W23-20 | 8-3 | .727 | Ernest W. Spangler Stadium |
| 13 | Sat Nov 23 | vs SE Missouri St | W28-21 | 9-3 | .750 | Nissan Stadium |
| 14 | Sat Nov 30 | at Montana | L27-41 | 9-4 | .692 | Washington-Grizzly Stadium |
