No. 20 Huskies are 25 and alive

Jordan Lynch threw two touchdown passes and ran for two scores to help No. 20 Northern Illinois run through Ball State 48-27 on Wednesday night in Dekalb, Ill. Lynch threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Da’Ron Brown to break a tie with 5 minutes, 49 seconds left, and the Huskies (10-0, 6-0 Mid-American) ran the nation’s longest active home winning streak to 25 and their conference run to 23. The 10-0 mark is their best since the 1963 team finished 10-0.