Northern Illinois · 2017
8–5 · #71 of 130 · Power -1.14 · MRI 2.0
| Date | Opponent | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | vs | Boston College | L 20–23 |
| – | vs | non-FBS opponent | W 38–10 |
| – | at | Nebraska | W 21–17 |
| – | at | San Diego State | L 28–34 |
| – | vs | Kent State | W 24–3 |
| – | at | Buffalo | W 14–13 |
| – | at | Bowling Green | W 48–17 |
| – | vs | Eastern Michigan | W 30–27 |
| – | at | Toledo | L 17–27 |
| – | vs | Ball State | W 63–17 |
| – | vs | Western Michigan | W 35–31 |
| – | at | Central Michigan | L 24–31 |
| 12-26 | N | Duke | L 14–36 |
No expected-margin column for this season: MRI 2.0 rates college football from 2020 onward, and these games were rated by the original formula, which scores a result rather than predicting one.
12 of these games carry no date in the source workbook; they sort to the top rather than into the season.