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Northern Illinois

Mountain West · 0-2 · RankSlate FBS No. 135 · Not in the current bracket projection

Home field: Huskie Stadium · Dekalb, IL

Results

Season

2026: 0-2 overall

Date	Opponent	Where	Result
2026-09-05	at Iowa	Iowa City, IA	L 0-40
2026-09-12	vs Illinois State	Dekalb, IL	L 24-28
2026-09-20	at Arizona	Tucson, AZ	scheduled
2026-09-26	at Georgia State	Atlanta, GA	scheduled
2026-10-10	vs Air Force	Dekalb, IL	scheduled
2026-10-17	at Wyoming	Laramie, WY	scheduled
2026-10-24	vs Hawai'i	Dekalb, IL	scheduled
2026-11-01	at UNLV	Las Vegas, NV	scheduled
2026-11-07	at San José State	San Jose, CA	scheduled
2026-11-14	vs Nevada	Dekalb, IL	scheduled
2026-11-21	at North Dakota State	Fargo, ND	scheduled
2026-11-28	vs UTEP	Dekalb, IL	scheduled

2025: 3-9 overall, 2-6 in conference

Date	Opponent	Where	Result
2025-08-30	vs Holy Cross	Dekalb, IL	W 19-17
2025-09-05	at Maryland	College Park, MD	L 9-20
2025-09-20	at Mississippi State	Starkville, MS	L 10-38
2025-09-27	vs San Diego State	Dekalb, IL	L 3-6
2025-10-04	vs Miami (OH)	Dekalb, IL	L 14-25
2025-10-11	at Eastern Michigan	Ypsilanti, MI	L 10-16
2025-10-18	at Ohio	Athens, OH	L 21-48
2025-10-25	vs Ball State	Dekalb, IL	W 21-7
2025-11-06	at Toledo	Toledo, OH	L 3-42
2025-11-13	at Massachusetts	Amherst, MA	W 45-3
2025-11-19	vs Western Michigan	Dekalb, IL	L 19-35
2025-11-28	vs Kent State	Dekalb, IL	L 31-35

2024: 8-5 overall, 4-4 in conference

Date	Opponent	Where	Result
2024-08-31	vs Western Illinois	Dekalb, IL	W 54-15
2024-09-07	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame, IN	W 16-14
2024-09-21	vs Buffalo	Dekalb, IL	L 20-23
2024-09-28	at NC State	Raleigh, NC	L 17-24
2024-10-05	vs Massachusetts	Dekalb, IL	W 34-20
2024-10-12	at Bowling Green	Bowling Green, OH	W 17-7
2024-10-19	vs Toledo	Dekalb, IL	L 6-13
2024-10-26	at Ball State	Muncie, IN	L 23-25
2024-11-07	at Western Michigan	Kalamazoo, MI	W 42-28
2024-11-14	vs Akron	Dekalb, IL	W 29-16
2024-11-20	at Miami (OH)	Oxford, OH	L 9-20
2024-11-30	vs Central Michigan	Dekalb, IL	W 24-16
Postseason
2024-12-23	N Fresno State	Famous Idaho Potato Bowl	W 28-20

Conference standings

Mountain West	Conf	Overall
North Dakota State	1-0	3-0
UNLV	1-0	1-2
New Mexico	0-0	2-0
San José State	0-0	2-1
Air Force	0-1	1-1
Hawai'i	0-1	1-2
Nevada	0-0	1-1
Wyoming	0-0	1-1
UTEP	0-0	1-1
Northern Illinois	0-0	0-2

Conference standings

Mountain West	Conf	Overall
North Dakota State	8-0	12-1
UNLV	6-2	10-4
New Mexico	6-2	9-4
Hawai'i	5-3	9-4
Air Force	3-5	4-8
Wyoming	2-6	4-8
San José State	2-6	3-9
Nevada	2-6	3-9
Northern Illinois	2-6	3-9
UTEP	1-7	2-10

Conference standings

Mountain West	Conf	Overall
North Dakota State	7-1	14-2
UNLV	6-1	11-3
Northern Illinois	4-4	8-5
San José State	3-4	7-6
New Mexico	3-4	5-7
Air Force	3-4	5-7
Hawai'i	3-4	5-7
UTEP	3-5	3-9
Wyoming	2-5	3-9
Nevada	0-7	3-10

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