W. Michigan at N. Illinois (-3) 8:00 ET ESPN2 2* N Illinois (-3) These teams are tied for the MAC West lead at 5-1 SU. The Western loss came last week to Bowling Green. The NIU loss came earlier this season to C. Michigan. W. Michigan closes the season at Toledo. NIU, who has already defeated Toledo, closes the season next week (as dominant favorite) against Ohio. With the Huskies in the driver’s seat for their 6th consecutive MAC division title, we comfortably line up with NIU, who has beaten Western 6 consecutive times. Last year, the win came by a count of (31-21) in a hard fought defensive game. Preceding scores in the series in reverse order have been NIU victories of 33-14, 48-34, 51-22, 28-21 and 38-3. Red-shirt, Frosh QB Graham has ably replaced injured starting QB Hare, leading the Huskies to 524 yards last week in their (41-30) trouncing of Buffalo. With NIU running for 616 RY the L2Y in this series and Western allowing 241/6.2 overland in their 4 road games this year, we comfortably line up with the defending champs as series dominator in a familiar role in which they control their own destiny.

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