Northern_Illinois (8-4)  ** - Non division 1A team
2002/08/29  Northern Illinois          42 - Wake Forest                41 OT
2002/09/07  South Florida              37 - Northern Illinois           6 
2002/09/14  Wisconsin                  24 - Northern Illinois          21 
2002/09/21  **Western Illinois         29 - Northern Illinois          26 
2002/09/27  Northern Illinois          13 - Kent                        6 
2002/10/05  Northern Illinois          41 - Ball St                    28 
2002/10/12  Northern Illinois          48 - Miami OH                   41 
2002/10/19  Northern Illinois          49 - Central Michigan            0 
2002/10/26  Northern Illinois          24 - Western Michigan           20 
2002/11/09  Northern Illinois          26 - Bowling Green              17 
2002/11/16  Northern Illinois          49 - Eastern Michigan           21 
2002/11/23  Toledo                     33 - Northern Illinois          30 

This team's and opponent's rankings:
    TEAM                      SCORE   W  L        GWF      BLF    OW%   OOW%
  9 South Florida             1.414   9  2      0.737   -0.162   56.0   49.8
 35 Bowling Green             0.684   9  3      0.192   -0.293   38.3   50.5
 37 Toledo                    0.648   9  5      0.464   -0.490   54.0   47.4
 39 Wisconsin                 0.600   8  6      0.598   -0.651   59.8   53.1
 41 Northern Illinois         0.511   8  4      0.410   -0.351   46.4   51.1
 47 Miami OH                  0.438   7  5      0.241   -0.470   48.9   50.4
 52 Wake Forest               0.316   7  6      0.240   -0.542   50.6   53.0
 68 Ball St                  -0.209   6  6      0.105   -0.832   46.8   47.2
 79 Western Michigan         -0.722   4  8      0.026   -1.090   51.6   49.4
 94 Central Michigan         -1.299   4  8      0.031   -1.666   46.4   48.5
 95 Kent                     -1.305   3  9      0.003   -1.461   57.4   45.3
113 Eastern Michigan         -2.350   3  9      0.027   -2.525   48.7   48.8