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2026WK1

Mountain West

Northern Illinois

Huskies0-010th in Mountain West

Huskie Stadium · DeKalb, IL · 23,595

Rank —: 134
Rating: 24.8

TeamTalent-poor roster

OffenseUnprovenweak point: quarterback, 141st

DefenseUnprovenweak point: linebacker, 155th

The season ahead

12 games scheduled

Schedule

12 games

Wk	Opponent	Win prob	Date	Projected	Game page
1	at#22Iowa	1%	Sep 5	6-40p	›
2	vsIllinois State	71%	Sep 12	30-22p	›
3	at#26Arizona	1%	Sep 20	9-42p	›
4	at#131Georgia State	32%	Sep 26	23-29p	›
6	vs#98Air Force	22%	Oct 10	23-33p	›
7	at#119Wyoming	25%	Oct 17	19-29p	›
8	vs#90Hawai'i	19%	Oct 24	19-31p	›
9	at#70UNLV	5%	Nov 1	17-39p	›
10	at#123San José State	31%	Nov 7	22-29p	›
11	vs#120Nevada	40%	Nov 14	22-26p	›
12	at#81North Dakota State	9%	Nov 21	17-34p	›
13	vs#133UTEP	54%	Nov 28	25-24p	›

Profile

Team DNA

rank of 138

Personnel

#11163

Talent

#11953

Position groups2025 player ratings

QB141st

RB114th

WR125th

TE128th

OL66th

DL144th

LB155th

DB131st

Starting eleven

11 personnel

11 of 11 named7 ratedavg 43.72025 ratings

X54.9

D. Rogers

WR · SR181st

LT45.0

J. Welch

OL · JR157th

LG—

L. Hron

OL · JR

C—

L. Mahnesmith

OL · SO

RG—

R. Liegel

OL · SO

RT—

T. Chambers

OL · FR

TE34.5

J. Fowler

TE · SO259th

SL36.6

K. Lewis

WR · SR692nd

Z38.8

R. Taylor

WR · SO654th

QB39.4

J. Macon

QB · SR284th

RB56.7

T. Johnson

RB · JR148th

Roster

Core lineup

2025 ratings

Offense

QB

Jalen MaconSR

39.4

284th QB

RB

Telly Johnson Jr.JR

56.7

148th RB

WR

DeAree RogersSR

54.9

181st WR

WR

Rickey Taylor Jr.SO

38.8

654th WR

TE

Jason FowlerSO

34.5

259th TE

Defense

LB

Broderick WindhamSR

21.4

854th LB

LB

Trey PorterSR

18.0

872nd LB

S

Malik ArmstrongSR

59.3

501st DB

CB

Romelo WalkerSO

51.8

708th DB

CB

Dev'ion ReynoldsSO

38.6

1071st DB