Northern Iowa Panthers FCS College Football Ratings & Rankings

College Football

Northern Iowa

Panthers

Outstanding

B- Overall Grade 82

Brutal Schedule

Punchless

Dark Horse

Next Up:
at Eastern Washington, Sat Sep 5

Preseason Performance Rankings: FCS (National)

Northern Iowa Panthers has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2025-26.

Winning season .500 season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	12-1	92.3%	—
2008-09	12-3	80.0%	—
2009-10	7-4	63.6%	—
2010-11	7-5	58.3%	#16
2011-12	10-3	76.9%	#3
2012-13	5-6	45.5%	#21
2013-14	7-5	58.3%	#21
2014-15	9-5	64.3%	#4
2015-16	9-5	64.3%	#4
2016-17	5-6	45.5%	#15
2017-18	8-5	61.5%	#10
2018-19	7-6	53.8%	#14
2019-20	10-5	66.7%	#7
2020-21	3-4	42.9%	#21
2021-22	6-6	50.0%	#15
2022-23	6-5	54.5%	#20
2023-24	6-5	54.5%	#21
2024-25	3-9	25.0%	#58
2025-26	3-9	25.0%	#66

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
45	North Dakota St	12	1
65	Illinois St	12	5	1
87	South Dakota	10	5
96	South Dakota St	9	5
123	North Dakota	8	6
135	Youngstown St	8	5
151	Southern Illinois	7	5	1
256	Indiana St	3	9
297	Northern Iowa	3	9	1
407	Murray St	1	11

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Aug 30	vs Butler (6-6) Pioneer	W38-14
Sat Sep 6	at Wyoming (4-8) (FBS) Mountain West · FBS	L7-31
Sat Sep 13	vs Eastern Washington (5-7) Big Sky	W17-14
Sat Sep 20	at Utah Tech (2-10) UAC	L9-20
Sat Oct 4	vs #15 North Dakota (8-6) (#123 nationally) Missouri Valley	L7-35
Sat Oct 11	at #11 South Dakota St (9-5) (#96 nationally) Missouri Valley	L3-31
Sat Oct 18	vs #9 South Dakota (10-5) (#87 nationally) Missouri Valley	L14-17
Sat Oct 25	at #24 Southern Illinois (7-5) (#151 nationally) Missouri Valley	L17-31
Sat Nov 1	at #4 Illinois St (12-5) (#65 nationally) Missouri Valley	L16-31
Sat Nov 8	vs Murray St (1-11) Missouri Valley	W31-14
Sat Nov 15	at #2 North Dakota St (12-1) (#45 nationally) Missouri Valley	L16-48
Sat Nov 22	vs #18 Youngstown St (8-5) (#135 nationally) Missouri Valley	L32-35

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	242	0	0
1	Sep 2	195	1	0	47
2	Sep 7	225	1	1	30
3	Sep 14	197	2	1	28
4	Sep 21	278	2	2	81
5	Sep 28	297	2	2	19
6	Oct 5	355	2	3	58
7	Oct 12	293	2	4	62
8	Oct 19	289	2	5	4
9	Oct 26	309	2	6	20
10	Nov 2	338	2	7	29
11	Nov 9	313	3	7	25
12	Nov 16	304	3	8	9
13	Nov 23	328	3	9	24
14	Nov 30	313	3	9	15
15	Dec 7	305	3	9	8
16	Dec 14	307	3	9	2
17	Dec 21	299	3	9	8
18	Dec 28	297	3	9	2
19	Jan 4	298	3	9	1
20	Jan 10	298	3	9
21	Jan 20	297	3	9	1

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