Northern Michigan Wildcats D2 College Football Ratings & Rankings

College Football

Northern Michigan

Wildcats

Marginal

B- Overall Grade 82

Brutal Schedule

Punchless

1-7 Record

12.5% Win %

#71 D2 Rank#417 nat'l

13.4 Pts / Game

W 1 Streak

Next Up:
at Wayne St MI, Sat Oct 31

Performance Rankings: D2 (National)

The Wildcats have been outscored by an average of 22.6 points over their last 5 games, going 1-4 in that stretch.
Northern Michigan's biggest upset this season: a win over Roosevelt, which sits at No. 57 in Division II — 14 spots ahead of Northern Michigan's own No. 71.
All 7 of Northern Michigan's losses have come against teams with winning records this season.

Northern Michigan Wildcats has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2026-27.

Winning season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	4-6	40.0%	—
2008-09	2-8	20.0%	—
2009-10	6-4	60.0%	—
2010-11	5-6	45.5%	#64
2011-12	4-7	36.4%	#34
2012-13	4-7	36.4%	#45
2013-14	3-7	30.0%	#81
2014-15	3-8	27.3%	#93
2015-16	5-6	45.5%	#102
2016-17	3-8	27.3%	#89
2017-18	1-9	10.0%	#114
2018-19	3-8	27.3%	#90
2019-20	1-9	10.0%	#120
2021-22	4-7	36.4%	#77
2022-23	4-7	36.4%	#72
2023-24	0-11	0.0%	#150
2024-25	0-11	0.0%	#142
2025-26	3-8	27.3%	#87
2026-27	1-7	12.5%	#71

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
82	Ferris St	8	0	31
130	Davenport	8	0	7
158	Michigan Tech	6	2	23
310	Saginaw Valley St	4	4	75
347	Grand Valley St	5	3	39
366	Roosevelt	5	3	91
417	Northern Michigan	1	7	90
645	Wayne St MI	0	8	10

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Thu Aug 27	at Minn St-Moorhead (5-3) Northern Sun	L19-41
Sat Sep 5	vs #25 Tiffin (6-2) (#227 nationally) GMAC	L7-35
Sat Sep 12	at St Thomas MN (6-2) (FCS) Pioneer · FCS	L14-56
Sat Sep 19	vs #8 Davenport (8-0) (#130 nationally) GLIAC	L7-42
Sat Oct 3	vs #3 Ferris St (8-0) (#82 nationally) GLIAC	L0-42
Sat Oct 10	at #8 Davenport (8-0) (#130 nationally) GLIAC	L0-30
Sat Oct 17	at #13 Michigan Tech (6-2) (#158 nationally) GLIAC	L33-56
Sat Oct 24	vs Roosevelt (5-3) GLIAC	W27-10