Northern Iowa

24 teams: eleven conference champions take automatic bids and thirteen are chosen at large. The top eight are seeded and skip the first round. Automatic bid in <1% of runs.

Opponent ranks use the selected season's current or final board.

Wk	Opponent	Result	Projected	Win prob
1	at#154Eastern Washington	L24–34	-2.2	45%
2	vs#252Drake	W56–14	+5.3	63%
4	vs#117Illinois State	W28–21	-12.5	22%
6	vs#110North Dakota	W24–17	-9.2	29%
7	at#82Youngstown StateWin chance 13% · Margin -18.4	—	-18.4	13%
8	at#136Southern IllinoisWin chance 25% · Margin -11.0	—	-11.0	25%
9	vs#183Indiana StateWin chance 73% · Margin 10.1	—	+10.1	73%
10	vs#75South Dakota StateWin chance 24% · Margin -11.7	—	-11.7	24%
11	at#112South DakotaWin chance 19% · Margin -14.4	—	-14.4	19%
12	at#242Murray StateWin chance 74% · Margin 10.8	—	+10.8	74%

Roster and position units

Roster mean 70.9 · Offense 69.2 · Defense 72.6

Mean across rated position-depth slots; missing slots excluded. AVR aggregation of vendor player grades, not a vendor-issued team grade.

Mean overall grade of each unit’s top-rated players, as of week 6. Ranks are within FCS.