Northern Iowa Panthers
FCS
Missouri Valley Football Conference · UNI
Team Vitals
-4.0
power · 2026 · #230 D1
-2.5 / -1.5
off / def (higher = better)
1–1
2026 record
114
roster (2026)
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Iowa FBS | AWAY | Iowa 98% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | Illinois State FCS | HOME | Illinois State 79% |
| 2026-10-10 | Wk 6 | North Dakota FCS | HOME | North Dakota 81% |
| 2026-10-17 | Wk 7 | Youngstown State FCS | AWAY | Youngstown State 73% |
| 2026-10-24 | Wk 8 | Southern Illinois FCS | AWAY | Southern Illinois 72% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | Indiana State FCS | HOME | Northern Iowa 70% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | South Dakota State FCS | HOME | South Dakota State 67% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | South Dakota FCS | AWAY | South Dakota 85% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | Murray State FCS | AWAY | Northern Iowa 82% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | 2026 | Wk 2 | Drake vs | W | 56–14 |
| 2026-09-05 | 2026 | Wk 1 | Eastern Washington @ | L | 24–34 |
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | Youngstown State vs | L | 32–35 |
| 2025-11-15 | 2025 | Wk 12 | North Dakota State @ | L | 16–48 |
| 2025-11-08 | 2025 | Wk 11 | Murray State vs | W | 31–14 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025 | Wk 10 | Illinois State @ | L | 16–31 |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025 | Wk 9 | Southern Illinois @ | L | 17–31 |
| 2025-10-18 | 2025 | Wk 8 | South Dakota vs | L | 14–17 |
| 2025-10-11 | 2025 | Wk 7 | South Dakota State @ | L | 3–31 |
| 2025-10-04 | 2025 | Wk 6 | North Dakota vs | L | 7–35 |
| 2025-09-20 | 2025 | Wk 4 | Utah Tech @ | L | 9–20 |
| 2025-09-13 | 2025 | Wk 3 | Eastern Washington vs | W | 17–14 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 80 | 48 | +32 |
| 2025 | 3 | 9 | 207 | 321 | -114 |
| 2024 | 3 | 9 | 238 | 396 | -158 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 | 288 | 293 | -5 |
| 2022 | 6 | 5 | 363 | 283 | +80 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 299 | 216 | +83 |
| 2019 | 10 | 5 | 315 | 265 | +50 |
| 2018 | 7 | 6 | 333 | 277 | +56 |
| 2017 | 8 | 5 | 382 | 307 | +75 |
| 2016 | 5 | 6 | 320 | 242 | +78 |
| 2015 | 9 | 5 | 413 | 274 | +139 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady McCullough | TE | 82 | #11 | 2 | 7 rec · 98 yds · 3 TD |
| Calvin Jaworski | DB | 76 | #132 | 2 | 7 tkl · 1 INT |
| John Powers | LB | 73 | #123 | 2 | 20 tkl |
| Kolben Miller | LB | 71 | #151 | 2 | 12 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL |
| Josiah Young | DB | 69 | #327 | 1 | 1 tkl · 3 PD · 1 INT |
| Franz Reisz | DL | 68 | #377 | 2 | 5 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL |
| CJ Wade | DL | 68 | #394 | 2 | 3 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Braden McShane | LB | 67 | #230 | 2 | 13 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Kolby Gibbons | DL | 64 | #601 | 2 | 5 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 2.5 TFL |
| Jaxon Dailey | QB | 63 | #131 | 2 | 529 pass yds · 3 TD · 1 INT |
| Mekhi Toms | DB | 62 | #655 | 2 | 7 tkl · 2 PD |
| Aidan Salow | DL | 61 | #794 | 2 | 4 tkl · 1.5 TFL |
| Christian Collins | RB | 59 | #357 | 2 | 49 rush yds · 1 TD · 4 rec |
| Kai Black | TE | 59 | #176 | 1 | 2 rec · 57 yds |
| Anthony Isley | DB | 58 | #884 | 2 | 9 tkl |
| Jordan McClom | DB | 56 | #1028 | 2 | 7 tkl · 1 PD |
| Caleb Kamara | RB | 56 | #457 | 1 | 49 rush yds · 1 TD |
| Max Bartachek | K | 56 | #145 | 2 | 1 FG · 10 XP · 13 pts |
| Hyson Bey-Buie | DL | 55 | #1198 | 2 | 2 tkl |
| Braylon Evans | DL | 55 | #1262 | 1 | 1 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Jaiden Ellis-Lahey | WR | 54 | #761 | 2 | 4 rec · 83 yds |
| Aidan Miller | DL | 53 | #1392 | 1 | 3 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Cyrus Courtney | WR | 53 | #822 | 2 | 3 rec · 82 yds |
| Zach Mehmert | TE | 53 | #269 | 2 | 2 rec · 43 yds |
| Tay Norman | WR | 52 | #846 | 2 | 4 rec · 61 yds |
| Logan Gregory | P | 52 | #121 | 2 | 4 punts · 45.2 yd avg |
| Michael Bormann | RB | 52 | #603 | 2 | 34 rush yds · 1 TD |
| Taj Hughes | RB | 51 | #616 | 2 | 37 rush yds · 6 rec |
| Jaylen Pettus | DL | 51 | #1569 | 2 | 3 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0.5 TFL |
| Tate Sander | DB | 50 | #1512 | 1 | 5 tkl |
| Briggs Hughston | TE | 50 | #312 | 2 | 2 rec · 30 yds |
| Kaden Amigon-Suiter | RB | 50 | #678 | 1 | 30 rush yds · 2 rec |
| Jarrett Kies | LB | 50 | #963 | 1 | 4 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Axel Ramazani | DL | 47 | #1955 | 2 | 3 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Aidan Ducharme | LB | 47 | #1100 | 2 | 4 tkl |
| Tyson Cooreman | LB | 45 | #1190 | 2 | 3 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Gene Blalock | DL | 41 | #2382 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Isaiah Pinks | DB | 38 | #2398 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Brock Carpenter | DB | 38 | #2397 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Rico Alvarenga-Servellon | K | 37 | #326 | 1 | 1 XP · 1 pts |