Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Men's college basketball through 3/3/26 games
Northern Illinois
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Northern Illinois schedule Rating: 56.83 (D-I #340)  Projected season record: 7 - 21 overall, 4 - 14 MAC
Overall Conf Ratings and projections
Game Division I opponent Site Result Score record record Streak Last 10 Rating Projection (correct/incorrect winner) Northern Illinois win probability
1 ULM Home Win 102 - 82   1 - 0 0 - 0 W1     62.60    
2 Wisconsin Road Loss 72 - 97   1 - 1 0 - 0 L1     63.77    
3 Grand Canyon Road Loss 59 - 88   1 - 2 0 - 0 L2     61.99    
4 Northern Iowa Road Loss 57 - 70   1 - 3 0 - 0 L3     63.88    
5 Loyola Chicago Road Win 76 - 59   2 - 3 0 - 0 W1     66.00 Loyola Chicago by 5 33%
6 Austin Peay Road Loss 59 - 77   2 - 4 0 - 0 L1     64.89 Austin Peay by 7 28%
7 Lindenwood Home Loss 64 - 99   2 - 5 0 - 0 L2     60.48 Northern Illinois by 10 79%
8 Bradley Road Loss 55 - 84   2 - 6 0 - 0 L3     59.38 Bradley by 17 9%
9 Elon Road Loss 79 - 85   2 - 7 0 - 0 L4     60.02 Elon by 13 15%
10 Central Michigan Home Win 74 - 73   3 - 7 1 - 0 W1 3-7   59.94 Northern Illinois by 2 56%
11 Buffalo Home Loss 67 - 81   3 - 8 1 - 1 L1 2-8   59.41 Buffalo by 7 28%
12 Kent State Road Loss 73 - 77   3 - 9 1 - 2 L2 2-8   60.36 Kent State by 16 10%
13 Toledo Home Loss 61 - 75   3 - 10 1 - 3 L3 2-8   59.67 Toledo by 5 35%
14 Eastern Michigan Road Loss 59 - 77   3 - 11 1 - 4 L4 2-8   59.19 Eastern Michigan by 11 18%
15 UMass Home Win 70 - 68   4 - 11 2 - 4 W1 2-8   59.90 UMass by 8 25%
16 Ohio Road Loss 77 - 80   4 - 12 2 - 5 L1 2-8   60.41 Ohio by 10 20%
17 Ball State Road Loss 53 - 58   4 - 13 2 - 6 L2 2-8   60.33 Ball State by 4 38%
18 Western Michigan Home Win 85 - 65   5 - 13 3 - 6 W1 3-7   61.85 Western Michigan by 3 41%
19 Miami (OH) Road Loss 61 - 85   5 - 14 3 - 7 L1 3-7   61.40 Miami (OH) by 17 9%
20 Georgia State Road Win 75 - 74   6 - 14 3 - 7 W1 3-7   61.78 Georgia State by 5 34%
21 Bowling Green Home Loss 52 - 68   6 - 15 3 - 8 L1 3-7   61.19 Bowling Green by 7 29%
22 Central Michigan Road Loss 46 - 88   6 - 16 3 - 9 L2 3-7   59.22 Central Michigan by 5 34%
23 Buffalo Road Win 72 - 70   7 - 16 4 - 9 W1 4-6   60.14 Buffalo by 12 16%
24 Ohio Home Loss 66 - 74   7 - 17 4 - 10 L1 4-6   59.95 Ohio by 5 34%
25 Toledo Road Loss 69 - 79   7 - 18 4 - 11 L2 3-7   60.16 Toledo by 13 14%
26 Ball State Home Loss 43 - 79   7 - 19 4 - 12 L3 3-7   57.83 Northern Illinois by 2 56%
27 Kent State Home Loss 76 - 102   7 - 20 4 - 13 L4 3-7   56.83 Kent State by 10 20%
28 Akron Road 3/6/2026                 Akron by 27 3%
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