Our side
MoneylineSIU to win
ours 72%
Projected score
24–34
UNI – SIU
2026-10-24 · 2:00 PM
Saluki Stadium · Carbondale, IL
Conference game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Southern Illinois lead
11–10
· 21 meetings since 1983
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Southern Illinois Salukis
61 ranks
Northern Iowa Panthers #223 rush offense
Southern Illinois Salukis #162 run defense
Pass game
even
33 ranks apart
Northern Iowa Panthers #174 pass offense
Southern Illinois Salukis #207 pass defense
Run game
edge Southern Illinois Salukis
197 ranks
Southern Illinois Salukis #2 rush offense
Northern Iowa Panthers #199 run defense
Pass game
edge Southern Illinois Salukis
156 ranks
Southern Illinois Salukis #45 pass offense
Northern Iowa Panthers #201 pass defense
Northern Iowa Panthers
Balanced · 57% run
Ball-control
Southern Illinois Salukis
Balanced · 55% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 71 rush ypg
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
Northern Iowa Panthers
TE
Brady McCullough
7 rec · 98 yds · 3 TD
#11 TE
DB
Calvin Jaworski
7 tkl · 1 INT
#132 DB
LB
John Powers
20 tkl
#123 LB
LB
Kolben Miller
12 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#151 LB
Southern Illinois Salukis
DL
Ibrahim Sanogo
11 tkl · 3.5 sacks · 5.5 TFL
#15 DL
LB
Ben Fiegel
22 tkl · 4.5 TFL
#28 LB
LB
Andrew Behm
18 tkl · 1.5 TFL
#122 LB
WR
Kyle Thomas
6 rec · 150 yds · 1 TD
#218 WR
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Northern Iowa offense vs Southern Illinois defense-1.8 pts
Southern Illinois offense vs Northern Iowa defense+4.8 pts
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.