| Wk 1 | Thu 23 Aug | W | New Mexico St | 45- | 24 |
(1-0) | |
| Wk 2 | Sat 1 Sep | W | at Kentucky | 36- | 10 |
(2-0) | |
| Wk 3 | Sat 8 Sep | W | Western Carolina | 31- | 7 |
(3-0) | |
| Wk 4 | Sat 22 Sep | L | at Illinois | 10- | 34 |
(3-1) | |
| Wk 5 | Sat 29 Sep | W | Memphis | 38- | 21 |
(4-1) | |
| Wk 6 | Thu 4 Oct | W | Colorado St | 7- | 2 |
(5-1) | |
| Wk 8 | Tue 16 Oct | W | Southern Miss | 24- | 14 |
(6-1) | |
| Wk 9 | Sat 27 Oct | W | at Cincinnati | 28- | 13 |
(7-1) | |
| Wk 10 | Sat 3 Nov | W | at Tulane | 52- | 7 |
(8-1) | |
| Wk 11 | Sat 10 Nov | W | Houston | 34- | 10 |
(9-1) | |
| Wk 12 | Thu 15 Nov | W | at East Carolina | 39- | 34 |
(10-1) | |
| Wk 12 | Fri 23 Nov | L | at TCU | 22- | 37 |
(10-2) | |
| Liberty | Mon 31 Dec | W | vs BYU | 28- | 10 |
(11-2) |