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| Northern Illinois schedule | Rating: 67.49 (D-I #148) Projected season record: 3 - 9 overall, 2 - 6 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 | Holy Cross | Home | Win | 19 - 17 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | W1 | 71.28 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Maryland | Road | Loss | 9 - 20 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | L1 | 73.57 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Mississippi State | Road | Loss | 10 - 38 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | L2 | 71.82 | |||||||||||
| 4 | San Diego State | Home | Loss | 3 - 6 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 0 | L3 | 72.40 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Miami (OH) | Home | Loss | 14 - 25 | 1 - 4 | 0 - 1 | L4 | 1-4 | 70.72 | Northern Illinois by 1 | 52% | ||||||||
| 6 | Eastern Michigan | Road | Loss | 10 - 16 | 1 - 5 | 0 - 2 | L5 | 0-5 | 69.18 | Northern Illinois by 5 | 64% | ||||||||
| 7 | Ohio | Road | Loss | 21 - 48 | 1 - 6 | 0 - 3 | L6 | 0-5 | 67.64 | Ohio by 15 | 17% | ||||||||
| 8 | Ball State | Home | Win | 21 - 7 | 2 - 6 | 1 - 3 | W1 | 1-4 | 69.24 | Northern Illinois by 1 | 52% | ||||||||
| 9 | Toledo | Road | Loss | 3 - 42 | 2 - 7 | 1 - 4 | L1 | 1-4 | 67.15 | Toledo by 17 | 14% | ||||||||
| 10 | UMass | Road | Win | 45 - 3 | 3 - 7 | 2 - 4 | W1 | 2-3 | 69.59 | Northern Illinois by 15 | 83% | ||||||||
| 11 | Western Michigan | Home | Loss | 19 - 35 | 3 - 8 | 2 - 5 | L1 | 2-3 | 68.76 | Western Michigan by 8 | 29% | ||||||||
| 12 | Kent State | Home | Loss | 31 - 35 | 3 - 9 | 2 - 6 | L2 | 2-3 | 67.49 | Northern Illinois by 8 | 69% | ||||||||
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