How to read this: every angle below is a true fact about these teams — and there are hundreds, so some will look striking by pure chance. Each side's combinations carry a chance baseline telling you how good the best one would look if nothing were going on. FBS teams carry far less history than NFL ones (a median of 148 graded games vs ~435), so that baseline runs higher here — a perfect record is cheaper in college. Signals disagreeing is normal; weigh them yourself.
Northern Illinois — the basics
143 graded games since 2014
| on the road | 43-28 | 61% | +1.6 | n=71 |
| as an underdog | 37-28 | 57% | +0.3 | n=65 |
| spread 21+ | 10-6 | 63% | +4.1 | n=16 |
| out of conference | 25-22 | 53% | -2.5 | n=47 |
| vs an FBS opponent | 65-68 | 49% | -0.9 | n=133 |
| vs a P5 opponent | 14-8 | 64% | +1.0 | n=22 |
| vs the Big Ten | 4-4 | 50% | -2.6 | n=8 |
| in September | 19-19 | 50% | -1.9 | n=38 |
| in the last 5 seasons | 27-34 | 44% | -0.7 | n=61 |
record vs the closing number · pts = avg margin vs the line
Northern Illinois — form & streaks
| Last 12 games: -3.5 pts vs their number per game | n=12 |
| All 143 graded games: -1.0 pts vs their number per game | n=143 |
| Northern Illinois has failed to cover 2 straight | n=2 |
Northern Illinois — combinations
128 lean Northern Illinois · 4 lean against
Read this first. 186 combinations shown. The best one here is 70%. With this many combinations you'd expect the best to be about 67% by chance alone, and about 0 perfect records — this matchup has 0.
| Combination | Rec | % | Pts | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| on the road + as an underdog | 28-14 | 67%from 61% | +3.1 | n=42 |
| + vs an FBS opponent | 28-14 | 67%from 67% | +3.1 | n=42 |
| + in September | 14-8 | 64%from 67% | +1.3 | n=22 |
| + vs a P5 opponent | 12-7 | 63%from 67% | +1.7 | n=19 |
| + in the last 5 seasons | 11-7 | 61%from 67% | +4.3 | n=18 |
| + vs the Big Ten | 4-4 | 50%from 67% | -2.6 | n=8 |
| + spread 21+ | 4-2 | 67%from 67% | +8.0 | n=6 |
| + out of conference | 4-2 | 67%from 67% | +8.0 | n=6 |
| + vs an FBS opponent | 4-2 | 67%from 67% | +8.0 | n=6 |
| + vs a P5 opponent | 4-2 | 67%from 67% | +8.0 | n=6 |
| + in September | 4-2 | 67%from 67% | +8.0 | n=6 |
| + out of conference | 14-8 | 64%from 67% | +0.9 | n=22 |
| + in the last 5 seasons | 6-3 | 67%from 64% | +5.4 | n=9 |
| + vs an FBS opponent | 14-8 | 64%from 64% | +0.9 | n=22 |
| + vs a P5 opponent | 12-7 | 63%from 64% | +1.7 | n=19 |
| + in September | 12-8 | 60%from 64% | +0.5 | n=20 |
| + vs the Big Ten | 4-4 | 50%from 64% | -2.6 | n=8 |
| + in September | 14-8 | 64%from 67% | +1.3 | n=22 |
| + in the last 5 seasons | 7-3 | 70%from 64% | +6.0 | n=10 |
| + vs a P5 opponent | 12-7 | 63%from 67% | +1.7 | n=19 |
| + in the last 5 seasons | 5-3 | 63%from 63% | +5.7 | n=8 |
| + in September | 11-7 | 61%from 63% | +1.4 | n=18 |
| + vs the Big Ten | 4-4 | 50%from 63% | -2.6 | n=8 |
| + in the last 5 seasons | 11-7 | 61%from 67% | +4.3 | n=18 |
| + vs the Big Ten | 4-4 | 50%from 67% | -2.6 | n=8 |
| + in September | 4-4 | 50%from 50% | -2.6 | n=8 |
indented rows narrow the one above · click any row for the games behind it
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