Northern Illinois at Ohio 10/22/22 - College Football Picks & Predictions

The Ohio Bobcats host the Northern Illinois Huskies in an interdivision Mid-American Conference matchup Oct. 22. Northern Illinois leads the all-time series 13-10 and has won two in a row against Ohio, the last being a 39-36 road win in 2019.

The Huskies are 2-5 overall and 1-3 on the road this season. They are 3-4 against the spread overall and 3-1 ATS as the visitor. The Bobcats are 3-0 at home and 4-3 overall. ATS, they are 4-3 overall and 2-1 at home.

Northern Illinois beat Eastern Michigan, 39-10, on Saturday to stop a five-game losing streak. The Huskies last win came Sept. 1 against Football Championship Subdivision team Eastern Illinois, 34-27, on Sept. 1.

Ohio has won back-to-back games for the first time this season after a 33-14 victory at Western Michigan on Saturday. The Bobcats beat Akron, 55-34, at home the week prior. Ohio has beaten the spread in three straight games. The Bobcats were 1.5-point underdogs against Western Michigan and 9.5-point favorites against Akron. On Oct. 1, they lost to Kent State in overtime, 31-24, but were 13-point underdogs.

NIU has averaged 400.7 yards total offense, ranking 70th in the nation. The offense has been evenly split with 207.7 yards passing and 193 yards rushing a game on average. The Huskies defense ranks 85th, allowing 394.1 yards a game, 278 passing and 116.1 rushing.

Ohio has averaged 437.4 yards total offense to rank 43rd. The Bobcats are a pass-heavy team, averaging the 13th-most yards a game with 324. They are 109th in rushing, averaging 113.4 a game. Ohio’s defense has given up a lot of yards, 528.6 a game to rank 130th. Teams have averaged 367.1 passing yards against the Bobcats and 161.4 rushing yards.