2014 Record: 11-3
F/+ Rank: 69
Wins: Presbyterian, Northwestern, UNLV, Kent State, Miami (OH), Eastern Michigan, Ball State, Toledo, Ohio, Western Michigan, Bowling Green
Losses: Arkansas, Central Michigan, Marshall
Season Recap:
After winning 12 games in 2012 and again in 2013, expectations are annually pretty high for Northern Illinois, a team fast becoming a power player despite an in the mid-major Mid American Conference. After winning the MAC Championship and advancing to the Orange Bowl in '12, the team took a step back when it failed to repeat in '13, losing in the Poinsettia Bowl.