Northern Illinois Huskies
FBS
Mid-American Conference · NIU
Team Vitals
-0.1
power · 2026 · #185 D1
-4.2 / +4.1
off / def (higher = better)
0–2
2026 record
113
roster (2026)
Team profile 2025 · vs 136 FBS teams
Percentile against every FBS team, from 2025 play with garbage time excluded. No 2026 game has been played yet, so this describes last season.
- Win rate 8%ile 0.250
- Offense (PPA/play) 12%ile 0.046
- Defense (PPA allowed) 35%ile 0.184
- Offensive success rate 4%ile 0.344
- Defensive success rate allowed 24%ile 0.439
- Explosiveness 68%ile 1.310
- Explosiveness allowed 72%ile 1.220
- Plays per game 17%ile 56.3
median · bars right of it are above the FBS average · pace is a style, not a grade
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Arizona FBS | AWAY | Arizona 91% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | Georgia State FBS | AWAY | Georgia State 59% |
| 2026-10-10 | Wk 6 | Air Force FBS | HOME | Air Force 62% |
| 2026-10-17 | Wk 7 | Wyoming FBS | AWAY | Northern Illinois 54% |
| 2026-10-24 | Wk 8 | Hawai'i FBS | HOME | Hawai'i 51% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | UNLV FBS | AWAY | UNLV 77% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | San José State FBS | AWAY | San José State 63% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | Nevada FBS | HOME | Nevada 59% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | North Dakota State FCS | AWAY | North Dakota State 83% |
| 2026-11-28 | Wk 13 | UTEP FBS | HOME | Northern Illinois 59% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | 2026 | Wk 2 | Illinois State vs | L | 24–28 |
| 2026-09-05 | 2026 | Wk 1 | Iowa @ | L | 0–40 |
| 2025-11-28 | 2025 | Wk 14 | Kent State vs | L | 31–35 |
| 2025-11-18 | 2025 | Wk 13 | Western Michigan vs | L | 19–35 |
| 2025-11-12 | 2025 | Wk 12 | Massachusetts @ | W | 45–3 |
| 2025-11-05 | 2025 | Wk 11 | Toledo @ | L | 3–42 |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025 | Wk 9 | Ball State vs | W | 21–7 |
| 2025-10-18 | 2025 | Wk 8 | Ohio @ | L | 21–48 |
| 2025-10-11 | 2025 | Wk 7 | Eastern Michigan @ | L | 10–16 |
| 2025-10-04 | 2025 | Wk 6 | Miami (OH) vs | L | 14–25 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025 | Wk 5 | San Diego State vs | L | 3–6 |
| 2025-09-20 | 2025 | Wk 4 | Mississippi State @ | L | 10–38 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 68 | -44 |
| 2025 | 3 | 9 | 205 | 292 | -87 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | 319 | 241 | +78 |
| 2023 | 7 | 6 | 324 | 273 | +51 |
| 2022 | 3 | 9 | 327 | 393 | -66 |
| 2021 | 9 | 5 | 451 | 472 | -21 |
| 2020 | 0 | 6 | 149 | 232 | -83 |
| 2019 | 5 | 7 | 274 | 338 | -64 |
| 2018 | 8 | 6 | 282 | 317 | -35 |
| 2017 | 8 | 5 | 376 | 286 | +90 |
| 2016 | 5 | 7 | 366 | 364 | +2 |
| 2015 | 8 | 6 | 436 | 387 | +49 |
Injuries
Not an injury report. College football has no league-wide mandated one, and the ESPN feed we poll has carried the same three players all season — so an empty table here means nothing has been reported to us, not that the team is healthy. Nothing on this page, and nothing in our model, uses it.
Player grades 2026 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2026 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jashawn Nelson | LB | 79 | #47 | 2 | 19 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL |
| Avery Jones | DB | 76 | #136 | 2 | 11 tkl |
| Jack Murray | LB | 74 | #108 | 2 | 18 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Andruw Ellis | DB | 72 | #204 | 2 | 1 tkl · 1 INT |
| Kyon Conyers | DB | 71 | #243 | 2 | 14 tkl · 1 PD |
| Yassine Falke | DB | 71 | #245 | 2 | 5 tkl · 2 INT |
| DeAree Rogers | WR | 70 | #188 | 2 | 12 rec · 77 yds · 1 TD |
| Telly Johnson Jr. | RB | 65 | #218 | 2 | 99 rush yds · 1 TD · 4 rec |
| Aaron Warren | DB | 63 | #586 | 2 | 7 tkl · 1 PD |
| Jay'shon Thomas | DL | 61 | #753 | 2 | 6 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0.5 TFL |
| La'Don Bryant | WR | 61 | #452 | 2 | 6 rec · 89 yds |
| Malik Armstrong | DB | 59 | #805 | 2 | 10 tkl |
| Kelan McInerney | WR | 56 | #650 | 1 | 3 rec · 55 yds |
| Jacob McGhee | DL | 56 | #1184 | 2 | 3 tkl · 1.5 TFL |
| Jason Fowler | TE | 53 | #264 | 1 | 2 rec · 25 yds |
| Taron Dickens | QB | 53 | #287 | 2 | 289 pass yds · 1 TD · 2 INT |
| Amari Washington | DL | 53 | #1425 | 2 | 5 tkl |
| Matthew Scarlett | DL | 53 | #1427 | 2 | 5 tkl |
| Fawzy Omotoso | DL | 53 | #1424 | 2 | 3 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Romelo Walker | DB | 52 | #1380 | 1 | 5 tkl |
| Glen Weber | TE | 52 | #287 | 2 | 3 rec · 15 yds |
| Marshall Washington | DB | 51 | #1423 | 2 | 3 tkl · 1 PD |
| JJ Schlenhardt | K | 50 | #204 | 1 | 1 FG · 3 XP · 6 pts |
| Elijah Porter | RB | 50 | #675 | 2 | 41 rush yds · 2 rec |
| George Dimopoulos | WR | 47 | #1098 | 2 | 3 rec · 26 yds |
| Cooper Mau | LB | 47 | #1105 | 1 | 4 tkl |
| Jake Ference | P | 46 | #160 | 2 | 16 punts · 42.3 yd avg |
| Brady Kerperin | LB | 44 | #1223 | 2 | 4 tkl |
| Liam Lindo | DB | 43 | #2086 | 2 | 3 tkl |
| Jaidaun Cranford | RB | 40 | #990 | 2 | 16 rush yds |
| JT King | DL | 36 | #2758 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Montrel Canion | DL | 36 | #2757 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Jordan Bellamy | DL | 36 | #2756 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| James Bradley | DL | 36 | #2768 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Kole Sneed | DL | 36 | #2767 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Micah Cook | DL | 36 | #2769 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Champ Smith III | DB | 34 | #2618 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Dev'ion Reynolds | DB | 34 | #2626 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Broderick Windham | LB | 32 | #1670 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Trey Porter | LB | 32 | #1669 | 1 | 1 tkl |