Mountain West · 2026

Northern Illinois

0–1
#126
CFPi+

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CFPi+ Index

CFPi+
-15.7#126
Offense
+11.9#137
Defense
+27.6#75
National Composite
-18.8#129
EPi+ Efficiency
-17.9#132
TPi+ Talent
-12.4#116
Head Coach
0.0#63

EPi+ Efficiency Index

EPi+
-23.8#134
Off EPi+
-16.9#136
Def EPi+
+7.0#110
Off Success
4.5%#138
Def Success
47.1%#113
Havoc Created
11.4%#107

Advanced Stats

StatOffenseRankDefenseRank
Success Rate4.5%#13847.1%#113
Explosiveness+1.0#115+1.4#96
Havoc Rate20.7%#11811.4%#107
Pass PPA-0.3#134+0.3#94
Rush PPA-0.3#130+0.4#131

TPi+ Talent Index

TPi+
-12.4#116
Recruiting
-7.3#109
Returning
+10.6#36
247 Talent
536.6#126
Head Coach
0.0#63

National Composite

C
-18.8#129
SP+
-22.3#130
SP+ Off
+12.3#136
SP+ Def
+34.4#119
ESPN FPI
-17.7#133

Traditional Stats

Yards/G
120.0#136
Yards/G Allowed
507.0#126
Pass Yards/G
113.0#123
Rush Yards/G
7.0#137
3rd Down
20.0%#125
3rd Down Allowed
42.9%#95
Sacks/G
0.0#124
Takeaways/G
1.0#52

2026 Scheduleprojected 4.14–7.86

Record
0–2
Simulated
2–10
Projected
3.5–8.5
Best case
6–6
Worst case
1–11
WKOPPONENTRESULTPROJECTEDWIN PROBMARKETEDGE
1@#21 IowaL 0–40Final
2vsIllinois StateL 24–28Final
3@#37 Arizona—Lose by 24.8 10–357.7%——
4@#130 Georgia State—Win by 1.8 26–2454.0%——
6vs#91 Air Force—Lose by 8.5 21–2831.2%——
7@#127 Wyoming—Lose by 0.5 19–2048.9%——
8vs#98 Hawai'i—Lose by 7.6 20–2733.2%——
9@#64 UNLV—Lose by 18.2 17–3514.8%——
10@#119 San José State—Lose by 4.1 21–2440.6%——
11vs#103 Nevada—Lose by 6.5 17–2435.5%——
12@#81 North Dakota State—Lose by 12.8 17–3023.2%——
13vs#134 UTEP—Win by 5.7 27–2162.9%——

CFPi+ V2026.2 · data vintage 9/8/2026