Totus Tuus Keely
NIU senior linebacker Christian Fuhrman (44) eggs on the boos of the crowd in the final minutes of the first half of NIU’s stunning upset of then-No. 5 University of Notre Dame on Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium. NIU was ranked No. 25 in The Associated Press Top 25 poll released Tuesday. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
DeKALB – After stunning the college football world with an upset victory over then-No. 5 University of Notre Dame on Saturday, NIU was picked in The Associated Press Top 25 poll for the first time since 2013.
NIU is the No. 25 team in the country and the first non-Power Four school to be named in the poll this season. Meanwhile, Notre Dame plummeted from No. 5 to No. 18.
The Huskies received 114 points in the poll to finish ahead of the University of Illinois, who received 101 points to finish as the top school also receiving votes.