Northern_Illinois (3-8)
1981/09/12  Long Beach St              17 - Northern Illinois           7 
1981/09/19  Central Michigan           17 - Northern Illinois          10 
1981/09/26  Northern Illinois          40 - Illinois St                 7 
1981/10/03  Ball St                    23 - Northern Illinois           0 
1981/10/10  Kent                       31 - Northern Illinois          10 
1981/10/17  Bowling Green              17 - Northern Illinois          10 
1981/10/24  Northern Illinois          30 - Eastern Michigan            7 
1981/10/31  Western Michigan           23 - Northern Illinois          12 
1981/11/07  Northern Illinois          38 - Ohio                       14 
1981/11/14  Miami OH                   30 - Northern Illinois           3 
1981/11/21  Toledo                     31 - Northern Illinois           0 

This team's and opponent's rankings:
    TEAM                      SCORE   W  L  T     GWF      BLF    OW%   OOW%  ND1W  ND1L
 12 Miami OH                  1.208   8  2  1   0.448   -0.100   49.2   47.9     0     0
 35 Toledo                    0.632   9  3  0   0.607   -0.803   46.5   47.0     0     0
 45 Central Michigan          0.430   7  4  0   0.290   -0.581   45.8   47.3     0     0
 59 Western Michigan          0.070   6  5  0   0.134   -0.693   44.2   47.5     0     0
 82 Ohio                     -0.346   5  6  0   0.190   -1.078   48.7   47.1     0     0
 85 Bowling Green            -0.367   5  5  1   0.239   -1.191   46.3   47.6     0     0
102 Kent                     -0.951   3  7  0   0.079   -1.400   48.6   47.1     1     0
103 Long Beach St            -1.014   2  8  0   0.034   -1.350   53.9   47.8     0     0
107 Ball St                  -1.143   4  7  0   0.112   -1.700   43.4   45.9     0     0
116 Northern Illinois        -1.650   3  8  0   0.046   -2.051   44.0   46.9     0     0
131 Illinois St              -3.209   1  7  0   0.000   -3.377   39.2   45.4     2     0
132 Eastern Michigan         -3.473   0 10  0   0.000   -3.168   48.6   45.8     0     1