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The Upset Report
2018 · Week 9 · Saturday, October 27, 2018

Northern Illinois upsets BYU, 7–6

Northern Illinois closed as a 6.5-point underdog and won outright.

Final7–6
Upset size6.5
Rank in 2018109th of 181
6.5-point underdog

It was the 10th-biggest of 20 upsets in 2018 Week 9, and the 109th-biggest of the 2018 season. Northern Illinois pulled off 2 other upsets in 2018.

Other upsets in 2018 Week 9

  1. 23.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size23.5
  2. 12-point underdogUnranked beat No. 15Recap
    Upset size17.5
  3. 27, 26
    13.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size13.5
  4. Unranked beat No. 6Recap
    Upset size12.5
  5. 11-point underdogUnranked beat No. 25Recap
    Upset size11.5

Northern Illinois’s other 2018 upsets

  1. Week 143-point underdogRecap
    Upset size3
  2. Week 53.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size3.5

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