Northern Iowa Panthers FCS College Football Ratings & Rankings

College Football

Northern Iowa

Panthers

Outstanding

B+ Overall Grade 89

The Favorite

Balanced Beast

Juggernaut

Brutal Schedule

Dark Horse

3-4 Record

42.9% Win %

#34 FCS Rank#189 nat'l

24.4 Pts / Game

L 2 Streak

Next Up:
vs Indiana St, Sat Oct 31

Performance Rankings: FCS (National)

Northern Iowa Panthers has been rated by Versus for 20 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2026-27.

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
2026-27	3-4	42.9%	#34

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
72	Youngstown St	6	2
76	South Dakota	7	2	18
105	South Dakota St	6	2	7
125	North Dakota	6	3	29
148	Illinois St	6	2	11
180	Southern Illinois	4	5	59
189	Northern Iowa	3	4	58
292	Indiana St	2	6	18
404	Murray St	1	7	37

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Sep 5	at Eastern Washington (2-6) Big Sky	L24-34
Sat Sep 12	vs Drake (2-6) Pioneer	W56-14
Sat Sep 19	at Iowa (5-2) (FBS) Big Ten · FBS	L0-55
Sat Sep 26	vs #18 Illinois St (6-2) (#148 nationally) Missouri Valley	W28-21
Sat Oct 10	vs #12 North Dakota (6-3) (#125 nationally) Missouri Valley	W24-17
Sat Oct 17	at #5 Youngstown St (6-2) (#72 nationally) Missouri Valley	L22-35
Sat Oct 24	at Southern Illinois (4-5) Missouri Valley	L17-20