Northern_Illinois (5-5-1)  ** - Non division 1A team
1987/09/12  **Lamar                    39 - Northern Illinois          35 
1987/09/19  Northern Illinois          34 - Western Michigan           14 
1987/09/26  Northern Illinois          16 - Northwestern               16 
1987/10/03  Eastern Michigan           32 - Northern Illinois          31 
1987/10/10  Northern Illinois          41 - Toledo                      5 
1987/10/17  Northern Illinois          27 - **SW Missouri St           21 
1987/10/24  Cal Fullerton              21 - Northern Illinois          20 
1987/10/31  Ball St                    42 - Northern Illinois          17 
1987/11/07  Northern Illinois          29 - **Western Illinois         14 
1987/11/14  Akron                      27 - Northern Illinois          21 
1987/11/28  Northern Illinois          34 - UNLV                       31 

This team's and opponent's rankings:
    TEAM                      SCORE   W  L  T     GWF      BLF    OW%   OOW%  ND1W  ND1L
 29 Eastern Michigan          0.665   9  2  0   0.629   -0.842   44.5   46.2     1     0
 69 Cal Fullerton            -0.671   5  6  0   0.176   -1.364   46.4   47.2     1     0
 72 Toledo                   -0.694   3  7  1   0.107   -1.208   50.9   47.1     0     0
 77 Western Michigan         -0.910   5  5  0   0.169   -1.270   43.9   47.0     0     1
 82 UNLV                     -1.083   4  6  0   0.122   -1.668   42.2   45.0     1     0
 84 Northwestern             -1.268   2  8  1   0.055   -1.644   52.1   50.6     0     0
 85 Northern Illinois        -1.348   3  4  1   0.210   -1.545   43.2   46.4     2     1
 91 Ball St                  -1.676   4  6  0   0.207   -1.974   44.2   47.3     0     1
104 Akron                    -7.408   2  5  0   0.388   -3.572   45.1   48.0     2     2