Northern_Illinois (7-4)  ** - Non division 1A team
1972/09/09  Northern Illinois          21 - **Illinois St               7 
1972/09/16  Wisconsin                  31 - Northern Illinois           7 
1972/09/23  Western Michigan           14 - Northern Illinois          10 
1972/09/30  Northern Illinois          24 - Marshall                    7 
1972/10/07  Northern Illinois          20 - Xavier                      7 
1972/10/14  Idaho                      31 - Northern Illinois          13 
1972/10/21  Northern Illinois          17 - West Texas AM               8 
1972/10/28  Northern Illinois          28 - Kent                        7 
1972/11/04  Northern Illinois          30 - Toledo                      7 
1972/11/11  Fresno St                   9 - Northern Illinois           6 
1972/11/17  Northern Illinois          22 - Long Beach St              13 

This team's and opponent's rankings:
    TEAM                      SCORE   W  L  T     GWF      BLF    OW%   OOW%
 32 Kent                      0.657   6  5  0   0.373   -0.299   57.9   45.4
 35 Western Michigan          0.446   7  3  1   0.305   -0.579   45.6   50.1
 69 Toledo                   -0.348   6  5  0   0.318   -1.238   49.5   48.0
 72 Northern Illinois        -0.359   7  4  0   0.309   -1.334   41.0   49.6
 81 West Texas AM            -0.626   5  5  0   0.100   -1.236   39.4   44.2
 86 Long Beach St            -0.758   5  6  0   0.150   -1.191   55.2   46.1
 94 Wisconsin                -0.976   4  7  0   0.228   -1.658   48.3   51.3
104 Fresno St                -1.568   6  4  0   0.390   -0.654   52.3   47.2
109 Marshall                 -2.093   2  8  0   0.017   -2.303   50.6   47.6
120 Xavier                   -5.683   2  8  0   0.011   -2.054   41.2   46.3
125 Idaho                   -18.324   4  7  0   0.256   -1.005   56.8   48.2