| Omni Rankings™ | 2026 College football | through 10/3/26 games | |||||||||||||||||
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| Northern Illinois schedule | Rating: 68.07 (D-I #142) Projected season record: 3 - 9 overall, 3 - 5 Mountain West | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Iowa | Road | Loss | 0 - 40 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | L1 | 66.74 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Illinois State | Home | Loss | 24 - 28 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 0 | L2 | 68.38 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Arizona | Road | Loss | 17 - 42 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 0 | L3 | 68.92 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Georgia State | Road | Loss | 14 - 35 | 0 - 4 | 0 - 0 | L4 | 68.07 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Air Force | Home | 10/10/2026 | Air Force by 7 | 37% | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Wyoming | Road | 10/17/2026 | Wyoming by 2 | 46% | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Hawai'i | Home | 10/24/2026 | Northern Illinois by 5 | 60% | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | UNLV | Road | 10/31/2026 | UNLV by 14 | 26% | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | San Jose State | Road | 11/7/2026 | San Jose State by 6 | 38% | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Nevada | Home | 11/14/2026 | Nevada by 4 | 43% | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | North Dakota State | Road | 11/21/2026 | North Dakota State by 24 | 14% | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | UTEP | Home | 11/28/2026 | Northern Illinois by 9 | 65% | ||||||||||||||
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