I think it depends on your number of scrimmages. I know D-1 teams are allowed 2 and Akron has already used both of them so I believe they need to count this as an official game. Cedarville could be in a different position given that they may have used their scrimmages differently (and could have different rules considering they are D2). I am pretty sure that after this game, assuming Akron wins... Akron will list themselves as 1-0 and Cedarville will list themselves as 0-0.
It seemed when KD was here, they played John Carroll every year and some years it counted as a game and some years it did not. I think that had everything to do with the number of scrimmages they played before Carroll (If they played 2 it was a game and if they played 1 it was an "exhibition").