Northern Illinois is coming into this game with a 5-19 record this season and they are 1-10 in the conference. They have not been playing well recently as they have lost their last 5 straight games, but they have been playing in some higher scoring games as they have seen 150+ points total in 3 of their last 5 games. This trend has been much stronger on the road recently as well, seeing 160+ points total in each of their last 2 as well as 3 of their last 4 road games. Their offense has been good on the road as they have scored 70+ points in their last 5 straight, scoring 77+ points in each of their last 2 road games, but their defense has been awful as they have also allowed 84+ points in each of their last 2 as well as 3 of their last 4 games on the road. They are going up against a Ball State team that is 12-12 this season and they are 5-6 in the conference. They have been playing in a lot of high scoring games recently as they have seen 150+ points total in their last 4 straight as well as 8 of their last 10 games. Their offense has been good as they have scored 73+ points in their last 4 straight, but they have also allowed 76+ points in all 4 of those. This trend has also been very strong at home as they have seen 150+ points total in each of their last 2 as well as 6 of their last 7 games there. Their offense has scored 75+ points in 4 of their last 5 games at home, scoring 71+ points in all of those, but they have also allowed 74+ points in their last 4. Ball State has won their last 2 games, but they have been playing in a lot of close games recently and they will allow Northern Illinois to hang around in this game with their poor defense. Between these two sides, there will be enough points in this game to push it over the total.