| Omni Rankings™ | 2024 College football | through 1/4/25 games | |||||||||||||||||
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| Northern Illinois schedule | Rating: 78.26 (D-I #92) Projected season record: 8 - 5 overall, 4 - 4 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 | Western Illinois | Home | Win | 54 - 15 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | W1 | 80.39 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Notre Dame | Road | Win | 16 - 14 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | W2 | 86.84 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Buffalo | Home | Loss | 20 - 23 | OT | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | L1 | 84.45 | ||||||||||
| 4 | NC State | Road | Loss | 17 - 24 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 1 | L2 | 82.72 | |||||||||||
| 5 | UMass | Home | Win | 34 - 20 | 3 - 2 | 0 - 1 | W1 | 3-2 | 81.24 | Northern Illinois by 24 | 92% | ||||||||
| 6 | Bowling Green | Road | Win | 17 - 7 | 4 - 2 | 1 - 1 | W2 | 3-2 | 82.52 | Northern Illinois by 1 | 51% | ||||||||
| 7 | Toledo | Home | Loss | 6 - 13 | 4 - 3 | 1 - 2 | L1 | 2-3 | 81.48 | Northern Illinois by 1 | 53% | ||||||||
| 8 | Ball State | Road | Loss | 23 - 25 | 4 - 4 | 1 - 3 | L2 | 2-3 | 79.85 | Northern Illinois by 12 | 76% | ||||||||
| 9 | Western Michigan | Road | Win | 42 - 28 | 5 - 4 | 2 - 3 | W1 | 3-2 | 81.07 | Northern Illinois by 3 | 58% | ||||||||
| 10 | Akron | Home | Win | 29 - 16 | 6 - 4 | 3 - 3 | W2 | 3-2 | 80.06 | Northern Illinois by 22 | 90% | ||||||||
| 11 | Miami (OH) | Road | Loss | 9 - 20 | 6 - 5 | 3 - 4 | L1 | 2-3 | 79.02 | Miami (OH) by 1 | 47% | ||||||||
| 12 | Central Michigan | Home | Win | 24 - 16 | 7 - 5 | 4 - 4 | W1 | 3-2 | 77.97 | Northern Illinois by 18 | 86% | ||||||||
| 13 | Fresno State | Neutral | Win | 28 - 20 | 2OT | 8 - 5 | 4 - 4 | W2 | 4-1 | 78.26 | Fresno State by 3 | 43% | |||||||
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