Based on Sagarin's ratings, with home field advantage, we are favored to win by 17 points over SIU.
NIU has moved up to #45 in his rankings, behind other MAC schools Miami #44 & BG #38.
Toledo and and Marshall plummeted to #'s 71 and 90, respectively.
10 MID-AMERICAN (A) = 62.87 63.13 ( 11) TEAMS= 14
College Football 2004 thru Monday, September 6, 2004 the BCS uses the ELO-CHESS from here
HOME ADVANTAGE= 3.41 RATING W L SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 30 | ELO-CHESS | PREDICTOR
38 Bowling Green A = 78.34 0 1 94.07( 2) 0 1 | 0 1 | 80.88 26 | 75.04 47
44 Miami-Ohio A = 76.23 1 1 71.59( 61) 0 1 | 0 1 | 73.57 53 | 77.95 38
45 Northern Illinois A = 76.01 0 1 87.31( 10) 0 0 | 0 1 | 75.22 44 | 75.60 45
71 Toledo A = 69.32 0 1 88.87( 7) 0 0 | 0 1 | 72.84 55 | 65.05 83
90 Marshall A = 64.39 0 1 68.44( 70) 0 0 | 0 0 | 58.46 117 | 69.75 69
91 UCF(Central Florida) A = 64.01 0 1 82.51( 21) 0 0 | 0 0 | 68.05 75 | 59.10 107
92 Kent State A = 63.69 0 1 84.69( 15) 0 0 | 0 1 | 67.60 80 | 58.89 110
94 Ball State A = 63.22 0 1 75.97( 39) 0 0 | 0 0 | 62.35 102 | 62.90 92
96 Akron A = 62.22 0 1 82.46( 22) 0 0 | 0 0 | 65.97 90 | 57.49 119
134 Western Michigan A = 56.02 1 0 30.75( 167) 0 0 | 0 0 | 47.61 161 | 63.04 91
136 Ohio U. A = 54.96 1 0 35.81( 159) 0 0 | 0 0 | 50.81 152 | 57.85 116
142 Eastern Michigan A = 54.05 1 0 44.50( 147) 0 0 | 0 0 | 54.44 140 | 52.45 142
148 Central Michigan A = 53.40 0 1 70.59( 66) 0 0 | 0 0 | 53.96 141 | 51.63 144
168 Buffalo A = 47.91 0 1 57.46( 110) 0 0 | 0 0 | 43.95 181 | 50.40 152