Northern Iowa Panthers (5-6)

Cedar Falls, Iowa

Association: NCAA (5-6 record in association)

Association Subdivision: FCS (4-4 record in association subdivision)

Conference: Missouri Valley Football Conference (4-4 record in conference)

Competitive Rank (Rating): Football Championship Subdivision #60 (-0.293)

Schedule Strength (Rating): Football Championship Subdivision #27 (0.210)

Point Margin Rank (Rating): Football Championship Subdivision #24 (-0.039)


Scheduled Results
DATE OPPONENT OPP* RESULT GAME RATING
Sep 1, 2012 @ Wisconsin
(NCAA FBS #42)
7-6 L 26-21 -0.469
Sep 8, 2012 Central State
(NCAA D2 #109)
4-6 W 59-0 +0.127
Sep 15, 2012 @ Iowa
(NCAA FBS #85)
3-8 L 27-16 -0.497
Sep 22, 2012 @ Youngstown State
(NCAA FCS #32)
6-4 L 42-35 -0.798
Sep 29, 2012 North Dakota State 13-1 L 33-21 -0.807
Oct 13, 2012 @ Southern Illinois
(NCAA FCS #49)
5-5 L 34-31 -0.811
Oct 20, 2012 South Dakota State
(NCAA FCS #24)
9-3 W 27-6 +0.169
Oct 27, 2012 Illinois State
(NCAA FCS #23)
8-4 L 33-21 -0.819
Nov 3, 2012 @ Western Illinois
(NCAA FCS #93)
3-7 W 40-0 +0.190
Nov 10, 2012 @ South Dakota
(NCAA FCS #116)
1-9 W 24-21 +0.219
Nov 17, 2012 Missouri State
(NCAA FCS #76)
3-7 W 38-13 +0.273
*minus head-to-head play

Strength Scale
Conference Rankings
MVC Competitive Rankings
RKPROGRAMOVERALLRATING
1NDSU14-10.133
23Illinois St9-4-0.113
24S DakotaSt9-4-0.118
32Youngstown St7-4-0.159
37Indiana St7-4-0.174
49S Illinois6-5-0.249
60N Iowa5-6-0.293
76Missouri St3-8-0.416
93W Illinois3-8-0.526
116South Dakota1-10-0.682

MVC Schedule Strengths
RKPROGRAMOPP*RATING
1Missouri St73-490.337
21South Dakota70-510.229
27N Iowa62-600.210
36Youngstown St66-540.194
49NDSU96-700.175
53W Illinois63-550.170
54S Illinois66-540.168
60Indiana St63-560.157
65Illinois St76-640.153
81S DakotaSt73-670.128
*record minus head-to-head play

MVC Point Margin Rankings
RKPROGRAMOVERALLRATING
1NDSU14-10.097
24N Iowa5-6-0.039
33Youngstown St7-4-0.067
36S DakotaSt9-4-0.073
39Illinois St9-4-0.079
45Indiana St7-4-0.085
55S Illinois6-5-0.102
88Missouri St3-8-0.215
102South Dakota1-10-0.297
118W Illinois3-8-0.470

State Rankings
State of Iowa CFB Competitive Rankings
Top 5
RKPROGRAMOVERALLRATING
1Iowa State6-70.254
2Iowa4-80.092
3Morningside College13-1-0.060
4Coe10-1-0.074
5Drake8-3-0.157

State of Iowa CFB Schedule Strengths
Top 5
RKPROGRAMOPP RECORD*RATING
1Iowa State91-630.843
2Iowa81-610.796
3Northern Iowa62-600.210
4Drake62-500.124
5Upper Iowa58-560.044
*minus head-to-head play

State of Iowa CFB Point Margin Rankings
Top 5
RKPROGRAMOVERALLRATING
1Iowa State6-70.120
2Iowa4-80.025
3Coe10-10.001
4Morningside College13-10.000
5Northern Iowa5-6-0.039
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