2026 Week 1
Northern Illinois at Iowa
Friday, September 4, 2026 · 11:00 PM CDT
Kinnick Stadium
Northern Illinois
Mountain West
- Record
- 0-0
- Rating
- -16.7
- National rank
- 128
- Proj. wins
- 3.6
- Playoff prob.
- 0%
Iowa
Big Ten
- Record
- 0-0
- Rating
- 19.7
- National rank
- 12
- Proj. wins
- 8.6
- Playoff prob.
- 47%
GIE win probability
Headline numbers below. The 90% confidence band reflects rating uncertainty (±1.5 points per side); the model isn't claiming precision down to the percentage point.
Northern Illinois
1%
Iowa
99%
Iowa 90% CI: 99% – 99% Δ rating 36.4
Iowa is the model's favorite at 99%. Northern Illinois has a 1% path. Home-field adjustment of +2.7 rating points baked in for Iowa — venue-specific learned value (n=62 games).
Style fit
How each offense matches up against the opposite defense. Higher = the offense is expected to do well; mismatches show up here.
Northern Illinois offense
29 / 100
Run offense vs. elite run defense — bad matchup
Iowa offense
34 / 100
Style-neutral matchup
Weather at kickoff
Forecast not yet available — Open-Meteo provides a 16-day window. Check back closer to kickoff.
Game info
- Kickoff
- Friday, September 4, 2026 · 11:00 PM CDT
- Venue
- Kinnick Stadium
- Conference game
- No
- Neutral site
- No