Northern Illinois · 2009–10

10–20 · #256 of 335 · MRI -2.45 · MRI Classic

Date		Opponent	Result
11-14	at	Northwestern	L 55–77
11-18	at	Illinois	L 61–80
11-21	vs	Tennessee State	W 85–57
11-22	vs	Southeast Missouri State	L 64–70
11-29	at	Northern Iowa	L 45–52
12-03	vs	Bradley	L 49–63
12-16	at	Minnesota	L 48–89
12-19	at	UIC	L 49–69
12-22	vs	Maryland Eastern Shore	W 87–69
12-31	vs	Temple	L 60–70
01-02	vs	North Dakota	W 66–45
01-07	at	Chicago State	W 99–93
01-09	at	Ball State	W 62–48
01-14	vs	Western Michigan	W 87–77
01-16	vs	Eastern Michigan	W 77–69
01-21	at	Toledo	W 58–54
01-23	at	Central Michigan	L 75–81
01-28	vs	Ohio	L 84–99
01-30	vs	Buffalo	L 83–95
02-02	at	Kent State	L 46–76
02-04	at	Akron	L 76–90
02-06	vs	Miami (OH)	L 69–74
02-11	at	Bowling Green	L 69–73
02-13	vs	Ball State	L 66–71
02-18	at	Western Michigan	L 81–90
02-21	at	Eastern Illinois	L 70–73
02-25	vs	Central Michigan	W 67–65
02-27	at	Eastern Michigan	L 60–66
03-05	vs	Toledo	W 60–58
03-07	at	Eastern Michigan	L 59–65

No expected-margin column for this season: MRI 2.0 rates college basketball from 2020 onward, and these games were rated by the original formula, which scores a result rather than predicting one.

Northern Illinois · 2009–10 rankings