unranked teams vs top 5 teams since 2020

Since 2020, the Northern Illinois Huskies, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Kansas State Wildcats are tied for the best record when not ranked against the AP top 5.

	TEAM	REC	W%	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Northern Illinois	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0	1	16	16.0	14	14.0	16	37.5	50.0
2	Notre Dame	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0	5	35	35.0	14	14.0	24	50.0
3	Kansas State	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0	5	38	38.0	35	35.0	10	18.2	100.0
4	Michigan	1-1	.500	2	1	1	0	3	30	15.0	48	24.0	24	42.3	0.0
5	Texas A&M	1-1	.500	2	1	1	0	7	61	30.5	62	31.0	42	33.3	50.0
6	Louisville	1-1	.500	2	1	1	0	4	31	15.5	33	16.5	35	34.8	100.0
7	Stanford	1-2	.333	3	1	2	0	10	78	26.0	111	37.0	60	32.5	25.0
8	Florida State	1-2	.333	3	1	2	0	11	85	28.3	104	34.7	62	33.3	57.1
9	Purdue	2-9	.182	11	2	9	0	13	139	12.6	429	39.0	197	37.1	37.5
10	Vanderbilt	1-5	.167	6	1	5	0	10	77	12.8	282	47.0	71	34.6	42.9
11	Arkansas	1-5	.167	6	1	5	0	11	101	16.8	213	35.5	109	35.1	37.5
12	Georgia Tech	1-6	.143	7	1	6	0	12	95	13.6	281	40.1	101	29.8	35.3
13	South Carolina	1-6	.143	7	1	6	0	21	173	24.7	248	35.4	140	39.8	68.4
14	North Carolina	0-1	.000	1	0	1	0	4	26	26.0	37	37.0	18	50.0	100.0
15	Oklahoma	0-1	.000	1	0	1	0	2	13	13.0	41	41.0	16	14.3	33.3
16	Rice	0-1	.000	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	52	52.0	7	16.7	100.0
17	Boise State	0-1	.000	1	0	1	0	3	27	27.0	34	34.0	18	26.7	66.7
18	Texas State	0-1	.000	1	0	1	0	1	7	7.0	59	59.0	18	57.1	33.3
19	Charlotte	0-1	.000	1	0	1	0	0	3	3.0	35	35.0	7	9.1
20	Penn State	0-2	.000	2	0	2	0	5	38	19.0	65	32.5	32	53.3	50.0
21	UCLA	0-2	.000	2	0	2	0	1	16	8.0	104	52.0	20	25.0	20.0
22	Ohio	0-1	.000	1	0	1	0	1	9	9.0	37	37.0	9	20.0	66.7
23	FIU	0-1	.000	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	34	34.0	14	33.3	60.0
24	Nevada	0-1	.000	1	0	1	0	1	11	11.0	46	46.0	13	36.4	50.0
25	Washington	0-3	.000	3	0	3	0	4	41	13.7	99	33.0	50	27.8	50.0

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More Northern Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

837

Dickens

RUSH

253

Johnson

REC

252

Rogers

Team Rankings

PPG

13.8

167th

OPP PPG

36.3

156th

RUSH YDS/G

79.3

187th

PASS YDS/G

221.0

94th

2026 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
5	Wyoming	1-1	2-3
6	San Jose State	1-0	3-2
7	Northern Illinois	0-0	0-4
8	Nevada	0-1	1-3
9	UTEP	0-1	1-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	AFA	@	NIU	7:30 PM
Sat 10/17	NIU	@	WYO	3:30 PM
Sat 10/24	HAW	@	NIU	3:30 PM
Sat 10/31	NIU	@	UNLV	10:30 PM
Sat 11/7	NIU	@	SJSU	4:00 PM

Last Game

Northern Illinois

0 - 4

Final

Georgia State

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,848

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,588

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.0

357.0

346.5

341.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	3	.500
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	3	3	.500
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
3	Memphis	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	Army	2	2	.500
7	Temple	2	3	.400
8	South Florida	4	2	.667
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Louisiana	4	1	.800
4	Georgia State	4	1	.800
5	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
6	Troy	3	2	.600
7	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
8	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
9	Marshall	3	2	.600
10	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Arkansas State	2	4	.333
14	Old Dominion	1	4	.200

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/19	UNT	@	TXST	35-49
Sat 9/19	ASU	@	KU	24-17
Sat 9/19	KENT	@	OSU	3-59
Sat 9/19	UNC	@	CLEM	20-28
Sat 9/19	BUFF	@	PSU	13-55

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	IND	@	NEB	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	SAC	@	BGSU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	TXAM	@	MIZZ	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	ARIZ	@	WVU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	UCF	@	OKST	12:00 PM

Since 2020, the Northern Illinois Huskies, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Kansas State Wildcats are tied for the best record when not ranked against the AP top 5.

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