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MOUNTAIN WEST • 2026 SEASON

Northern Illinois

Record 0-7vs line 4–2 ATSLast L 21–56 vs HawaiiNext Oct 31 at UNLV
#138
BBMI rank
+3.0
Rating
0.5–11.5
Proj record
0%
Make CFP
Last updated: (data published)
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Northern Illinois
#138 • +3.0 • Mountain West
SAT OCT 31 • 9:30 PM CT
published after kickoff
projected score
UNLV
#68 • +19.1 • home
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Model line
+24.5
Market line
—
Edge
3%
Outright win probability
Northern Illinois 3%UNLV 97%

Schedule & projections

win prob from the board where the game is priced, season sim after
Last updated: (data published)
DATEOPPONENTRESULTOPP RKPROJWIN %WIN PROB
Sep 5
Iowa logoat Iowa
L 0–40#291%
Sep 12
Illinois State logovs Illinois State
L 24–28
Sep 19
Arizona logoat Arizona
L 17–42#1717–271%
Sep 26
Georgia State logoat Georgia State
L 14–35#9720–3528%
Oct 10
Air Force logovs Air Force
L 7–28#6019–313%
Oct 17
Wyoming logoat Wyoming
L 23–41#8616–213%
Oct 24
Hawaii logovs Hawaii
L 21–56#12320–2439%
Oct 31
UNLV logoat UNLV
Sat 9:30 PM#683%
Nov 7
San Jose State logoat San Jose State
Sat 3:00 PM#937%
Nov 14
Nevada logovs Nevada
Sat#1063%†
Nov 21
North Dakota State logoat North Dakota State
Sat#370%†
Nov 28
UTEP logovs UTEP
Sat#13435%†

Win % is BBMI's probability that the team wins the game outright, not against the spread. It is the published weekly forecast; † marks an early projection from BBMI ratings for a game not yet on the weekly board; Premium marks a subscriber forecast.

Ranking over time

2026 season · place of 138
#120#125#130#135
#138
Sep 1Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22Sep 29Oct 6Oct 13Oct 20Oct 27Oct 29

9 weekly snapshots, frozen on Tuesdays while the sport is playing, then the current board (Oct 29, open circle). The rank held, measured against the ranking published Oct 26.

Playoff odds

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Last updated:
Win Mountain West0%
Make the 12-team field0%
Top-4 seed (bye)0%
Reach the semifinal0%
Win the national title0%

Regular-season wins

middle half of sims
Last updated:
012
Middle half of the simulations: 0 to 1 wins. The wider published interval, the 5th to the 95th, is 0 to 1. The sim publishes those two percentiles only, so the middle half is derived from them rather than read.

Profile

Offense (pts vs avg)-13.0#134
Defense (pts vs avg)+12.5#136
Yards per play margin-0.07#102
Turnover margin-1.37#129
Strength of schedule-0.4#90

BBMI picks on Northern Illinois

2026 • ATS
0–1
Picks on Northern Illinois
4–1
Picks against
+1.6u
Net, flat 1u
ON took this team, AGAINST took its opponent. This sport stores the side it took by name, so neither is inferred. 6 graded picks.
Probabilities may not add to 100%. All results are model projections, not guarantees.