Northern Illinois (0-7) hosts UTEP (1-6) at Huskie Stadium on Nov 28, 2026.
Lines post about a week before the game.
The model's winner call: locked before the start, graded in public, built on the market's price.
UTEP end zone ← 100 yards → NIU end zone
A longer bar = a better setup for the offense: half from how high the offense ranks, half from how low the defense across from it ranks (of 137). A full bar is the best offense against the worst defense; the dashed tick is an even matchup. Biggest advantage first.
No clear gap on any of these: the two units rank close together.
UTEP's defense has it in turnovers.
UTEP offense ranks better in 2 of 6 matchups · NIU defense in 2 · 2 even
NIU offense ranks better in 2 of 6 matchups · UTEP defense in 3 (1 by a clear margin) · 1 even
Each measure, offense vs opposing defense, ranked of 137 (1 = best). Favors: big rank gap. ▲▼: recent trend.
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Not enough line history yet: the charts appear once the books have posted this game's numbers more than once.
No meetings recorded since 2023: that's as far back as our data for this league goes, so an earlier series between these two, if there is one, wouldn't show up here.
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The 6 measures where these two sit furthest apart among the league's 138 ranked teams, over each team's last 13 regular-season games (Oct 2025 – Oct 2026; 7 in 2026, 6 in 2025). A longer bar = higher in the league (rank 1 = highest, even for points allowed). A rank says where a number sits, not which side it points to.