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Sat Oct 17 · 3:30 PMThe CWWar Memorial Stadium

The number

Spread
NIU +8 -110
WYO -8 -110
Open WYO -7.5 moved 0.5
Fair, no vig: NIU -100 / WYO -100 (hold 4.8%)
Best: NIU +8.5 -115 at DraftKings; WYO -7.5 -113 at Caesars
Total
Over 41.5 -110
Under 41.5 -110
Fair, no vig: O -100 / U -100 (hold 4.8%)
Best: O 41.5 -105 at DraftKings; U 41.5 -108 at betPARX
Moneyline
NIU +270
WYO -345
Fair, no vig: NIU +287 / WYO -287 (hold 4.6%)
Best: NIU +300 at Hard Rock Bet; WYO -300 at theScore Bet

Updated Fri 3:30 PM ET Consensus of 9 US books: the line most books are dealing, with the middle price. Lines move. Check your book before you bet. Fair odds strip out the book's cut so you can see the price the market really implies.

Every book (9)
BookNIUWYOOverUnderNIU MLWYO ML
DraftKings+8.5-115-8.5-105o41.5-105u41.5-115+245-305
FanDuel+7.5-106-7.5-114o41.5-110u41.5-110+270-345
BetMGM+8-110-8-108o41.5-105u41.5-112+250-300
Caesars+7.5-107-7.5-113o41.5-106u41.5-114+250-320
theScore Bet+8.5-115-8.5-105o41.5-105u41.5-115+250-300
BetRivers+8-112-8-112o41.5-113u41.5-110+290-385
Hard Rock Bet+7.5-105-7.5-115o41.5-110u41.5-110+300-375
Bally Bet+8-110-8-110o41.5-112u41.5-108+290-385
betPARX+8-110-8-110o41.5-112u41.5-108+290-385

Highlighted: the best number on each side. Legal US sportsbooks only.

Line movement

Key numbers crossed: none (WYO -7.5 to WYO -8).

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WYO line, game-week open to now. Dashed lines are key numbers.
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Total, game-week open to now.

Injury report

From the Mountain West availability report (Initial Report). Posted Thu 1:33 PM ET. First report a couple days out, then a final report before kickoff. We check every 30 minutes. See the official report

Northern Illinois
Out
  • Cole Latimer DB
  • Da'sean Howard RB
  • Jacob Welch OL
  • Jay'shon Thomas DE
  • Joseph Nnamuchi DE
  • Justin Faulkner WR
  • Jvon Hatcher DT
  • Luke Skartvedt OL
  • Mathias Smith-Davis DE
  • Rickey Taylor Jr. WR
  • Terry Robinson DT
  • Zaire McKinney WR
Questionable
  • JT King DE
Wyoming
Out
  • Caleb Robinson DT
  • Deion DeBlanc WR
  • Ian Bell CB
  • Jake Davies OT
  • Jason Maciejczak OL
  • Kendall Griffin CB
  • Nathan Geiger OL
  • Nathanial Watson
  • Samuel Harris RB
Questionable
  • Dante Drake DT
  • Jackson Holman WR

What changed and what the line did

  1. Line moved 0.5 pts toward WYO (WYO -7.5 to WYO -8).

Lines from our snapshots of 10 legal US books. A move right after news doesn't prove the news caused it, but it's usually why.

Our crowd

Who's on what before kickoff, from the cappers we track and bets logged on our tracker.

Public cappers

Spread1 capper on Wyoming
Northern Illinois 01 Wyoming

Each capper counts once. See their picks

Tracker bettors

Shows up once 10 people log a bet on this game. Log yours

Want sportsbook bets % and money %? DraftKings posts theirs free: DK betting splits. We quote a few big games by hand when we can. Tracker counts are anonymous: no names, and private bets stay private.

Common opponents

No common opponents yet this season.

Last season (2025): 1 common opponent
Opponent Northern Illinois Wyoming
San Diego St
L 3-6 home
-3 · +1.5 Didn't cover
L 7-24 away
-17 · +10.5 Didn't cover

Against 1 common opponent: Northern Illinois lost by 3.0 on average, 0-1 against the spread. Wyoming lost by 17.0 on average, 0-1 against the spread.

What the public cappers like

Spread
0 Northern Illinois1 Wyoming
Wyoming -7.51
Rico Bosco 1u*Line -7.5 · Price -110 (assumed, not posted) · 1u (units not given, 1u used) · Posted Oct 15 4:01 PM ET · Record 48-35 · Original post
Total
No picks
Moneyline
No picks

* price not posted, -110 assumed. Tracked from public posts, not endorsed. All public picks

Betting form, 2026

Northern Illinois LLWLL

ATSTotals
All games1-4 20%Small sample2-3 40% overSmall sample
Road1-2 33%Small sample1-2 33% overSmall sample
As underdog1-4 20%Small sample
Last 51-4 20%Small sample

5 graded games this season. Small sample: read it as a hint, not a trend.

Wyoming LLLWLW

ATSTotals
All games2-4 33%Small sample1-5 17% overSmall sample
Home1-1 50%Small sample0-2 0% overSmall sample
As favorite0-2 0%Small sample
Last 52-3 40%Small sample

6 graded games this season. Small sample: read it as a hint, not a trend.

Head to head since 2019

DateScoreCloseATSTotalO-U
Sep 11, 2021WYO 50, NIU 43WYO -7Push44.5Over

1 meeting is not a trend, and rosters turn over. Closing lines from ESPN's archive.

Side by side

NIUWYO
0-5Record3-3
1-4Against the spread2-4
2-3Over-under1-5
-5.4Avg cover margin-5.7
12.4Points per game14.5
34.6Points allowed20.5
4.52Yards per play4.86
290.8Yards per game301.8
3.00Rush yards per carry4.40
66.7Completion %60.6
30.9Third down %31.0
+3Turnover margin-3
18Sacks allowed14
46.2Penalty yards per game51.2

Season to date. Stats from ESPN. Points from final scores. Bold is the better number.

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