| Omni Rankings™ | 2023 College football | through 1/8/24 games | |||||||||||||||||
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| Northern Illinois schedule | Rating: 74.64 (D-I #108) Projected season record: 7 - 6 overall, 5 - 3 MAC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | Conf | Ratings and projections | |||||||||||||||||
| Game | Division I opponent | Site | Result | Score | record | record | Streak | Last 5 | Rating | Projection (correct/incorrect winner) | Northern Illinois win probability | ||||||||
| 1 | Boston College | Road | Win | 27 - 24 | OT | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | W1 | 70.58 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Southern Illinois | Home | Loss | 11 - 14 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | L1 | 72.27 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Nebraska | Road | Loss | 11 - 35 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | L2 | 69.10 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Tulsa | Home | Loss | 14 - 22 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 0 | L3 | 68.21 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Toledo | Road | Loss | 33 - 35 | 1 - 4 | 0 - 1 | L4 | 1-4 | 70.02 | Toledo by 15 | 18% | ||||||||
| 6 | Akron | Road | Win | 55 - 14 | 2 - 4 | 1 - 1 | W1 | 1-4 | 74.67 | Northern Illinois by 3 | 56% | ||||||||
| 7 | Ohio | Home | Win | 23 - 13 | 3 - 4 | 2 - 1 | W2 | 2-3 | 76.58 | Ohio by 5 | 37% | ||||||||
| 8 | Eastern Michigan | Home | Win | 20 - 13 | 4 - 4 | 3 - 1 | W3 | 3-2 | 76.21 | Northern Illinois by 10 | 74% | ||||||||
| 9 | Central Michigan | Road | Loss | 31 - 37 | 4 - 5 | 3 - 2 | L1 | 3-2 | 74.72 | Northern Illinois by 7 | 67% | ||||||||
| 10 | Ball State | Home | Loss | 17 - 20 | 4 - 6 | 3 - 3 | L2 | 3-2 | 72.85 | Northern Illinois by 13 | 80% | ||||||||
| 11 | Western Michigan | Home | Win | 24 - 0 | 5 - 6 | 4 - 3 | W1 | 3-2 | 75.09 | Northern Illinois by 3 | 59% | ||||||||
| 12 | Kent State | Road | Win | 37 - 27 | 6 - 6 | 5 - 3 | W2 | 3-2 | 74.27 | Northern Illinois by 17 | 86% | ||||||||
| 13 | Arkansas State | Neutral | Win | 21 - 19 | 7 - 6 | 5 - 3 | W3 | 3-2 | 74.64 | Arkansas State by 1 | 46% | ||||||||
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