The Northern Illinois Huskies have another difficult test ahead of them as they travel to Lexington, Kentucky to take on the Kentucky Wildcats, who are currently ranked eighth in the NCAA.
For NIU, it will be their second straight game against an SEC opponent after falling 38-28 last week to Vanderbilt. The Huskies had a 28-14 lead midway through the third quarter but, after quarterback Rocky Lombardi went down with an injury, Northern gave up 24 unanswered points in the final twenty minutes of the game and fell to 1-2 on the season.
This will also be Kentucky’s second meeting with a MAC school this year.