Wk 12 · 2026

Northern Illinois Huskies at North Dakota State Bison — Sat, Nov 21

Sat, Nov 21 · Fargodome, Fargo, ND · CW

Weather

This one is played indoors. There is nothing to forecast.

Northern Illinois Huskies

Mountain West · no games yet

4:00pET

no line posted yet

No ratings differential: N Dakota St is not in the ratings file.

North Dakota State Bison

Mountain West · 1-0

What is at stake

A Mountain West game — it counts in the standings that decide that league's championship game. Run the race.

What the ratings imply

The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers: The CFB King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus 2.4 points of home field. It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026 games are played it is last season’s measurement of two teams that have changed.

Efficiency · 2026 ratings

N Illinois: -9.1#117

Efficiency margin

N Dakota St: no data

N Illinois: 18.4

Offense (pts/100)

N Dakota St: no data

N Illinois: 27.5

Defense (pts/100)

N Dakota St: no data

N Illinois: 65.5

Pace (plays/g)

N Dakota St: no data

N Illinois: no data

Yards / play

N Dakota St: no data

N Illinois: no data

Yards / play allowed

N Dakota St: no data

Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College King's 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.

Team stats · 2026 per game

N Illinois: no data

Points / game

N Dakota St: 33.0

N Illinois: no data

Points allowed

N Dakota St: 7.0

N Illinois: no data

Yards / game

N Dakota St: 373

N Illinois: no data

Yards allowed

N Dakota St: no data

N Illinois: no data

Pass yds allowed

N Dakota St: no data

N Illinois: no data

Rush yds allowed

N Dakota St: no data

N Illinois: no data

Turnovers / game

N Dakota St: 1.00

From completed 2026 box scores; defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.

N Illinois form

No completed games on record.

N Dakota St form

W 33-7vs JXST

2026 season

N Illinois this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.

N Dakota St this season

Straight up1-0 · 100% (1 games)

Against the spread1-0 · 100% (1 games)

Over / under0-1 · 0% (1 games)

Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.

Common opponents · 7

Opponent	N Illinois	N Dakota St
Air Force Mountain West	vs Wk 6 · scheduled preview	at Wk 2 · scheduled preview
Wyoming Mountain West	at Wk 7 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 5 · scheduled preview
Hawai'i Mountain West	vs Wk 8 · scheduled preview	at Wk 11 · scheduled preview
UNLV Mountain West	at Wk 9 · scheduled preview	at Wk 6 · scheduled preview
San José St Mountain West	at Wk 10 · scheduled preview	at Wk 13 · scheduled preview
Nevada Mountain West	vs Wk 11 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 7 · scheduled preview
UTEP Mountain West	vs Wk 13 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 9 · scheduled preview

Open these two in the comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.

Series history · 2006–2026

These teams have not met in the 2006–2026 window.

N Illinois leaders 2025 regular season

Passing	Josh Holst QB #15	78/130, 689 YDS, 4 TD, 3 INT
	Brady Davidson QB #2	40/87, 384 YDS, 3 TD, 3 INT
Rushing	Chavon Wright RB #10	196 CAR, 875 YDS, 5 TD
	Telly Johnson Jr. RB #45	124 CAR, 712 YDS, 4 TD
	Jalen Macon QB #14	45 CAR, 216 YDS, 5 TD
Receiving	DeAree Rogers WR #1	46 REC, 506 YDS, 3 TD
	Gary Givens III WR #7	12 REC, 145 YDS, 1 TD
	Rickey Taylor Jr. WR #3	9 REC, 134 YDS, 1 TD
	Telly Johnson Jr. RB #45	16 REC, 97 YDS

Defense

Tackles	Quinn Urwiler LB #32	141
	Filip Maciorowski LB #12	87
	Jasper Beeler S #18	77
Sacks	Filip Maciorowski LB #12	2.5
	Roy Williams EDGE #97	2
	Jay'shon Thomas DE #18	2
Interceptions	Jasper Beeler S #18	3
	Muhammad Jammeh S #4	2
	James Finley DB #29	2

full roster and per-player history

N Dakota St leaders 2025 regular season

Passing	Cole Payton QB #9	162/225, 2719 YDS, 16 TD, 4 INT
	Nathan Hayes QB #2	25/44, 381 YDS, 4 TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Barika Kpeenu RB #8	191 CAR, 1005 YDS, 20 TD
	Cole Payton QB #9	136 CAR, 777 YDS, 13 TD
	DJ Scott RB #7	95 CAR, 502 YDS, 6 TD
Receiving	Bryce Lance WR #5	51 REC, 1079 YDS, 8 TD
	RaJa Nelson WR #3	28 REC, 404 YDS, 4 TD
	Reis Kessel TE #81	15 REC, 335 YDS, 1 TD
	Jackson Williams WR #18	17 REC, 293 YDS, 1 TD

Defense

Tackles	Donovan Woolen LB #1	86
	Logan Kopp LB #43	76
	Nathaniel Staehling LB #44	74
Sacks	Toby Anene DE #53	7
	Victor Isele DE #0	3
	Jack Iuliano DE #98	2
Interceptions	Nathaniel Staehling LB #44	3
	Taylen Eady S #14	3
	Donovan Woolen LB #1	3

full roster and per-player history

These are regular-season totals for the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year, taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still appears against the year he earned it; the roster pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is. A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game. The roster pages count bowl games too, so a player's two lines can differ by a game.