Northern_Illinois (5-6)  ** - Non division 1A team
1978/09/16  Western Michigan           44 - Northern Illinois          30 
1978/09/23  Louisiana Monroe           27 - Northern Illinois          10 
1978/09/30  Northern Illinois          49 - Illinois St                21 
1978/10/07  Long Beach St              24 - Northern Illinois          19 
1978/10/14  Northern Illinois          24 - **Western Illinois         20 
1978/10/21  Central Michigan           34 - Northern Illinois           7 
1978/10/28  Northern Illinois          14 - Southern Illinois          13 
1978/11/04  Northern Illinois          27 - Kent                       21 
1978/11/11  Toledo                     35 - Northern Illinois          16 
1978/11/18  Ball St                    31 - Northern Illinois          13 
1978/11/25  Northern Illinois          23 - Ohio                       14 

This team's and opponent's rankings:
    TEAM                      SCORE   W  L  T     GWF      BLF    OW%   OOW%  ND1W  ND1L
  8 Ball St                   1.434  10  1  0   0.660   -0.220   44.5   49.1     0     0
 17 Central Michigan          1.114   9  1  0   0.531   -0.010   44.6   48.6     0     1
 49 Western Michigan          0.361   7  4  0   0.167   -0.527   43.2   49.3     0     0
 58 Louisiana Monroe          0.082   5  3  1   0.386   -0.549   46.2   49.3     1     1
 74 Northern Illinois        -0.343   4  6  0   0.235   -1.051   52.9   44.6     1     0
 81 Southern Illinois        -0.461   7  4  0   0.181   -1.354   32.0   50.5     0     0
 93 Kent                     -0.807   4  7  0   0.058   -1.314   45.6   48.5     0     0
109 Ohio                     -1.312   3  8  0   0.164   -1.839   51.3   48.2     0     0
124 Toledo                   -1.877   2  9  0   0.079   -2.226   49.1   47.8     0     0
130 Long Beach St            -2.373   5  5  0   0.307   -2.866   35.6   49.9     0     1
136 Illinois St             -14.352   2  6  0   0.045   -1.271   54.9   44.4     0     3