Northwestern Wildcats FBS College Football Ratings & Rankings

College Football

Northwestern

Wildcats

Good

B+ Overall Grade 89

Balanced Beast

Juggernaut

Brutal Schedule

Dark Horse

2-1 Record

66.7% Win %

#35 FBS Rank#35 nat'l

32.7 Pts / Game

L 1 Streak

Next Up:
vs Penn State, Fri Oct 2

Performance Rankings: FBS (National)

Northwestern Wildcats has been rated by Versus for 20 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2026-27.

Winning season .500 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	6-6	50.0%	—
2008-09	9-4	69.2%	—
2009-10	8-5	61.5%	—
2010-11	7-6	53.8%	#61
2011-12	6-7	46.2%	#69
2012-13	10-3	76.9%	#18
2013-14	5-7	41.7%	#65
2014-15	5-7	41.7%	#63
2015-16	10-3	76.9%	#12
2016-17	6-6	50.0%	#42
2017-18	10-3	76.9%	#12
2018-19	9-5	64.3%	#18
2019-20	3-8	27.3%	#95
2020-21	7-2	77.8%	#13
2021-22	3-9	25.0%	#94
2022-23	1-11	8.3%	#117
2023-24	8-5	61.5%	#33
2024-25	4-8	33.3%	#73
2025-26	7-6	53.8%	#45
2026-27	2-1	66.7%	#35

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
6	Indiana	4	0	2
8	Ohio State	3	1	2
9	Oregon	3	1	13
10	Iowa	4	0	10
18	Nebraska	4	0	14
21	Southern Cal	4	1	8
22	Michigan	3	1	18
24	UCLA	4	0	4
29	Wisconsin	3	1	21
35	Northwestern	2	1	14
39	Minnesota	3	1	23
44	Penn State	3	1	27
48	Illinois	2	2	7
51	Washington	3	1	27
57	Michigan St	2	2	9
112	Maryland	2	2	24
119	Purdue	1	3	16
174	Rutgers	1	3	13

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Sep 5	vs South Dakota St (4-1) (FCS) Missouri Valley · FCS	W34-18
Sat Sep 19	vs Colorado (2-2) Big 12	W41-7
Fri Sep 25	at #6 Indiana (4-0) (#6 nationally) Big Ten	L23-29