Wk 3 · 2026

Northern Illinois Huskies at Arizona Wildcats — Sat, Sep 19

Sat, Sep 19 · Casino Del Sol Stadium, Tucson · TNT

Northern Illinois Huskies

Mountain West · no games yet

10:30pET

no line posted yet

Arizona Wildcats

Big 12 · no games yet

What is at stake

A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race.

Efficiency · 2025 ratings

-9.2#119

Efficiency margin

+8.1#24

18.5

Offense (pts/100)

29.8

27.7

Defense (pts/100)

21.7

62.5

Pace (plays/g)

70.5

4.67

Yards / play

5.64

5.49

Yards / play allowed

4.65

Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College King's 2025 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is always the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one.

Team stats · 2025 per game

17.1

Points / game

32.6

24.3

Points allowed

18.9

286

Yards / game

405

357

Yards allowed

302

174

Pass yds allowed

156

183

Rush yds allowed

146

0.92

Turnovers / game

1.00

From completed 2025 box scores; defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.

N Illinois form

L 31-35vs KENTL 19-35vs WMUW 45-3at MASSL 3-42at TOLW 21-7vs BALL

2025 season

Arizona form

W 23-7at ASUW 41-17vs BAYW 30-24at CINW 24-20vs KUW 52-17at COLO

2025 season

N Illinois this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.

Arizona this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.

Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked when the game goes final. There is no line archive before this season, so these records begin with 2026 Week 1.

Common opponents · 0

These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.

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Series history · 2006–2026

These teams have not met in the 2006–2026 window.

N Illinois leaders 2025 season

Passing	Josh Holst QB #15	78/130, 689 YDS, 4 TD, 3 INT
	Brady Davidson QB #2	40/87, 384 YDS, 3 TD, 3 INT
Rushing	Chavon Wright RB #10	196 CAR, 875 YDS, 5 TD
	Telly Johnson Jr. RB #45	124 CAR, 712 YDS, 4 TD
	Jalen Macon QB #14	45 CAR, 216 YDS, 5 TD
Receiving	DeAree Rogers WR #1	46 REC, 506 YDS, 3 TD
	Gary Givens III WR #7	12 REC, 145 YDS, 1 TD
	Rickey Taylor Jr. WR #3	9 REC, 134 YDS, 1 TD
	Telly Johnson Jr. RB #45	16 REC, 97 YDS

Defense

Tackles	Quinn Urwiler LB #32	141
	Filip Maciorowski LB #12	87
	Jasper Beeler S #18	77
Sacks	Filip Maciorowski LB #12	2.5
	Roy Williams EDGE #97	2
	Jay'shon Thomas DE #18	2
Interceptions	Jasper Beeler S #18	3
	Muhammad Jammeh S #4	2
	James Finley DB #29	2

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Arizona leaders 2025 season

Passing	Noah Fifita QB #1	247/385, 2963 YDS, 26 TD, 5 INT
	Braedyn Locke QB #8	5/15, 68 YDS, 1 INT
Rushing	Ismail Mahdi RB #21	123 CAR, 791 YDS, 4 TD
	Kedrick Reescano RB #3	83 CAR, 394 YDS, 9 TD
	Quincy Craig RB #24	55 CAR, 335 YDS, 2 TD
Receiving	Kris Hutson WR #4	57 REC, 740 YDS, 4 TD
	Javin Whatley WR #6	38 REC, 443 YDS, 4 TD
	Tre Spivey WR #12	21 REC, 359 YDS, 6 TD
	Chris Hunter WR #11	25 REC, 351 YDS, 2 TD

Defense

Tackles	Dalton Johnson S #43	97
	Taye Brown LB #6	84
	Genesis Smith S #12	77
Sacks	Chase Kennedy LB #7	4
	Riley Wilson LB #16	3
	Deshawn McKnight DL #0	2
Interceptions	Dalton Johnson S #43	4
	Treydan Stukes S #2	4
	Jay'Vion Cole CB #8	4

full roster and per-player history

These are season totals for the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year, taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still appears against the year he earned it; the roster pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is. A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game.