Kanon Woodill hit a 35-yard field goal with 31 seconds to play, Cade Haberman blocked a 62-yard try as time expired and Northern Illinois stunned No. 5 Notre Dame 16-14 on Saturday.

Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying in the American Midwest.

Detroit Mercy has hired former Northern Illinois coach Mark Montgomery off Tom Izzo’s staff at Michigan State.

Strong storms including hail and tornadoes are again hitting parts of the Midwest and South.

The Baltimore Ravens have hired Mike Macdonald as their defensive coordinator, bringing him back from the college ranks after a season at Michigan.

The Central Michigan Chippewas will host the Northern Illinois Huskies on Saturday in Mount Pleasant.

Michigan and Rutgers took care of business during the non-conference portion of their schedules.

There’s only one game standing between Michigan football and a perfect month of September, and it comes against a Rutgers team improving drastically under Greg Schiano.

Michigan running back Blake Corum is in a three-way tie for the most touchdowns in college football this season.

Michigan football ripped off its third straight dominant victory Saturday against Northern Illinois, and some rest-of-season projections are starting to run completely off the rails.

Blake Corum rushed for 123 yards and three touchdowns as No. 25 Michigan routed Northern Illinois 63-10 on Saturday.

The Wolverines dominated the Huskies at Michigan Stadium Saturday afternoon.

If it’s good enough for George Patton, Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh is here for it.

There’s an interesting subplot to this weekend’s Michigan football game against Northern Illinois: Former Michigan State quarterback Rocky Lombardi returns to the Big House one year after shocking the Wolverines on that very field.

Kansas has hired Buffalo's Lance Leipold as its next football coach.

The Hawkeyes followed by scoring 105 points against Iowa State and 106 points against Northern Illinois while shooting 55% and making 23 3-pointers over the two games. 13 Illinois – which tumbled seven spots in this week’s poll after losing to Missouri – visits No. 25 Michigan were the additions to this week’s poll. The Cowboys have a chance to play their way into next week’s AP Top 25 with a pair of Big 12 games. Richmond, which fell out of last week’s poll from No.

Guarantee games, or buy games, are essential to many athletic departments that field Division I football teams but have far smaller budgets than those at Power Five schools. This season, 39 major college football schools have scheduled a total of 49 buy games worth an estimated $65 million. The pandemic has made everything about the coming college football season uncertain. If the season is cut short or rearranged, conferences will prioritize playing conference games, which usually have more value both financially and competitively. Kent State, from the Mid-American Conference, has three guarantee games this season with Alabama, Kentucky and Penn State worth $4.95 million.

Prep football playoff brackets already shaken upWho could have seen all this coming in the first round of the state high school football playoffs? This year’s first round will likely always be remembered for the number of stunning upsets that took place this past weekend. Oak Park, one of the favorites in Division 2 that was littered with future college players, lost to Farmington, 12-6. The only division still with a chance of a repeat champion is Division 8, where Reading is still playing. Qualifying for a bowl and playing for a title in November is terrific turnaround for a CMU program that won one game last year.

Ke'Shawn Vaughn #5 of the Vanderbilt Commodores runs the ball as Derrick Barnes #55 of the Purdue Boilermakers closes in for the tackle at Ross-Ade Stadium on September 7, 2019 in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Huskies opened the season with a victory over Illinois State but gave up 79 points in back-to-back losses to No. ABOUT NORTHERN ILLINOIS (1-2)Senior quarterback Ross Bowers, who transferred from Cal, has passed for 776 yards through three games with three touchdowns and three interceptions. Neal faced Northern Illinois twice while at Ball State in 2016 and 2018, completing 55-of-96 passes for 536 yards and no touchdowns in a pair of losses. PREDICTION: Vanderbilt 27, Northern Illinois 17More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

It was great to see us get in control and stay there," coach Scott Frost said after the game. Nebraska is 5-1 against Illinois since joining the Big Ten in 2011 and has enjoyed an average margin of victory of 21.4 points in the five wins. Michigan (955), Ohio State (914), Texas (911) and Alabama (908) are the only other programs with 900 or more victories. Notre Dame (899) also has a chance to join the Cornhuskers in the exclusive club with a win at No. PREDICTION: Nebraska 42, Illinois 24More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

Head coach Scott Frost of the Nebraska Cornhuskers watches the team warm up before the game against the Troy Trojans at Memorial Stadium on Sept. 15, 2018, in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Cornhuskers attempt to rebound from a deflating road defeat Saturday when they close out their non-conference schedule at home against Northern Illinois. Northern Illinois trailed by only four points at halftime at No. Sophomore Maurice Washington caught four passes for a career-high 118 yards, becoming only the third Nebraska running back with multiple 100-yard receiving games. PREDICTION: Nebraska 31, Northern Illinois 24More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

The Utes get that chance Saturday afternoon when they play host to FCS-member Idaho State. Idaho State, of the Big Sky Conference, has played just one contest so far, beating Division II Western Colorado 38-13 on Saturday. Defensively, Idaho State limited the visitors to 178 total yards with defensive lineman Kainoa Fuiava and linebacker Kody Graves each notching six tackles. The Utes are the highest-ranked FBS team Idaho State has played since losing 56-0 to then-No. PREDICTION: Utah 52, Idaho State 3More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

Members of the Kansas Jayhawks run onto the field prior to a game against the Nicholls State Colonels in the first quarter at Memorial Stadium on September 1, 2018 in Lawrence, Kansas. LINE: Kansas -7.5Parchment started his career as a three-star recruit at Northern Illinois, where he redshirted in 2016 prior to catching one pass the following season. He moved on to Iowa Central Community College, where he caught the eye of Miles, who brought him to Kansas. Defense has six career interceptions for Kansas, which finished the season opener minus-1 in turnover margin after ranking second in the FBS last year at plus-16. PREDICTION: Kansas 27, Coastal Carolina 16More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

The Utah Utes walk to the field before Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl against the West Virginia Mountaineers on December 26, 2017 at Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. 13 Utah used a dominant defense and a punishing ground game to roll to a season-opening win over Brigham Young. Now, the Utes come home to Salt Lake City and entertain Northern Illinois on Saturday in their home opener. Northern Illinois also opened with a rivalry win, downing visiting FCS member Illinois State 24-10 on Saturday to give new head coach Thomas Hammock a victory in his debut at his alma mater. PREDICTION: Utah 33, Northern Illinois 10More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.