Northern_Illinois (7-4)  ** - Non division 1A team
1988/09/03  Northern Illinois           7 - Akron                       6 
1988/09/10  Northern Illinois          14 - **Middle Tennessee St      10 
1988/09/17  Northern Illinois          19 - Wisconsin                  17 
1988/09/24  Minnesota                  31 - Northern Illinois          20 
1988/10/01  Northern Illinois          17 - **SW Missouri St            3 
1988/10/08  Toledo                     33 - Northern Illinois          20 
1988/10/15  Louisiana Lafayette        45 - Northern Illinois           0 
1988/10/22  Northern Illinois          10 - **Southern Illinois         9 
1988/10/29  Ball St                    18 - Northern Illinois          17 
1988/11/05  Northern Illinois          16 - **Western Illinois          6 
1988/11/12  Northern Illinois          15 - Western Michigan            7 

This team's and opponent's rankings:
    TEAM                      SCORE   W  L  T     GWF      BLF    OW%   OOW%
 31 Western Michigan          0.580   9  3  0   0.395   -0.601   43.0   46.4
 36 Ball St                   0.390   8  3  0   0.320   -0.641   43.7   46.5
 69 Toledo                   -0.430   6  5  0   0.227   -0.841   44.8   46.3
 73 Louisiana Lafayette      -0.602   6  5  0   0.184   -0.977   43.8   52.5
 82 Northern Illinois        -1.133   7  4  0   0.331   -1.880   46.4   45.4
 86 Akron                    -1.210   5  6  0   0.097   -1.374   40.0   46.5
 94 Minnesota                -1.690   2  7  2   0.031   -2.081   45.9   50.1
 99 Wisconsin                -2.174   1 10  0   0.011   -2.371   53.7   50.9