1971 team profile

Team Ledger

Northern Illinois

FBS · FBS Independents
#87
5–5–1Record
79.20Overall rating
74.10Raw points
92.34Opponent strength

Rating history

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Conference rankings

FBS Independents · 31 teams
RankTeamRating
1Penn State291.41
2Houston228.59
3Notre Dame203.51
4Boston College168.24
5Utah State165.00
6Florida State159.26
7Georgia Tech150.54
8Southern Miss130.73
9Air Force127.22
10Villanova126.77
11Temple122.43
12South Carolina114.34
13Army113.70
14Cincinnati112.00
15West Virginia108.17
16Syracuse106.27
17TTampa94.05
18Rutgers92.43
19Colgate90.23
20Navy88.40
21Pittsburgh83.59
22Hawai'i82.60
23Dayton81.00
24Northern Illinois79.20
25Miami76.99
26Tulane61.49
27Virginia Tech56.46
28XXavier42.74
29Holy Cross31.55
30Marshall27.55
31TTexas-Arlington23.50

Season schedule

11 games
  • W1at Wisconsin
    Final    0–31
  • W2vs Long Beach State
    Final    48–38
  • W3at Western Michigan
    Final    17–27
  • W4at San Diego State
    Final    10–30
  • W5vs Marshall
    Final    37–18
  • W6at West Texas
    Final    22–19
  • W7at Ball State
    Final    10–10
  • W8at Kent State
    Final    26–7
  • W9vs Toledo
    Final    8–23
  • W10at Boston College
    Final    10–20
  • W11vs Xavier
    Final    14–9