Northern Illinois

0-8

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

Northern Illinois has lost 10 in a row and is 0-8.

Northern Illinois is 0-4 in the Mountain West.

  • L 0-40 at Iowa
  • L 24-28 vs Illinois State
  • L 17-42 at Arizona
  • L 14-35 at Georgia State
  • L 7-28 vs Air Force
  • L 23-41 at Wyoming
  • L 21-56 vs Hawai'i
  • L 24-31 at UNLV
  • Next: at San José State, Saturday, Nov 7

Scores ours first.

Since the last game

Northern Illinois lost 24-31 at UNLV.

The whole UNLV game

Before San José State

The playoff simulation gives Northern Illinois a 35% chance at San José State on Saturday, Nov 7.

San José State game on Now

What the San José State game is worth

Northern Illinois' game threads have not carried enough talk for a fan mood read this season.

Fan mood, week by week

Mood over time

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

What the reporters say

What reporters say

11 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

All we got to do is keep moving forward, keep working, figure out what works and we got to be better in the redzone
Porter · Northern Starthe day of Northern Illinois's 2026 game against UNLV
We have a lot of guys, especially on defense, that have never played at this level
Harley · Northern Star4 days after the 21-56 game
We just have to continue to harp on the details that it takes to have good ball security and take care of the football
Harley · Northern Starthe day after the 21-56 game

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Fan chatterThe loudest night of the season and what a usual night looks like.

Fan chatter this season

Busy

The loudest night was the 17-42 loss to Arizona.

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The argumentThe one thing this fanbase can't agree on, with receipts.

Inside the fanbase: all 4 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
HHustle Belt
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
6 outlets & communities talking

One voice

+0.25Whole-fanbase sentiment · warm

Every cohort from the die-hards to the analytics crowd lands within 0.05 of each other — a rare consensus. The most upvoted post:

GGoogle NewsBeat · article

Isaiah Miranda scores 29 as Grambling beats Northern Illinois 89-87 - The Washington Post

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How Northern Illinois fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

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One of the crowd’s most upvoted takes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

Every fan group, end to end

negative
0
positive
National take+0.22 to Die-hards+0.27

Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to

fan energy
38%
where the program is headed
17%
recent results
16%
the schedule
10%
the coaching staff
7%

Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.

week 9. The sources and the divergence rank are measured. Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model estimate, never a quote attributed to a person.
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Doomers
Optimism
12th
Joy
29th
Anger
57th
Doom
96th
Sarcasm
67th
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
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