Team Summary

90

Northwestern

Wildcats

Next game: TBD

Ratings
FBS Prestige Marginal
Overall 90
B+
Power 82
B-
Offensive 78
C+
Defensive 85
B
Schedule (Current) 86
B
Schedule (Future) 86
B
RankingsFBS (Overall)
Overall33 (35)
Power59 (61)
Offensive72 (78)
Defensive47 (48)
Schedule (Current)46 (46)
Schedule (Future)46 (46)
Records
Overall8-5 (61.5%)
Versus Top 251-2 (33.3%)
Versus > .500 Teams4-4 (50%)
Versus < .500 Teams4-1 (80%)
Last 5 Games4-1 (80%)
Superlatives
Best Win#24 Utah
Worst Loss#80 Nebraska
Largest MOV31 points, #237 UTEP
Largest MOD28 points, #11 Penn State
Other Statistics
Points per Game22.1
Points Against22.5
Opponent Record87-78
Average Opponent Rank83.1
Long StreakW 4
Current StreakW 4

3-Year Trend Analysis

Big Ten West Division
RankTeamWLChange
19Iowa104
35Northwestern851
53Wisconsin762
64Minnesota672
77Illinois57
80Nebraska571
82Purdue482
Northwestern Ranking History
WeekDateRankWLChange
0Aug 111700
1Sep 51550138
2Sep 101231132
3Sep 17120123
4Sep 24822238
5Oct 187235
6Oct 882335
7Oct 15623320
8Oct 22903428
9Oct 29614429
10Nov 5734512
11Nov 12615512
12Nov 1956655
13Nov 2648758
14Dec 351753
15Dec 105175
16Dec 1750751
17Jan 2368514
18Jan 935851
Game Results
DateOpponentOutcome
Sun Sep 3at Rutgers (7-6)L 7-24
Sat Sep 9vs UTEP (3-9)W 38-7
Sat Sep 16at Duke (8-5)L 14-38
Sat Sep 23vs Minnesota (6-7)W 37-34
Sat Sep 30vs (11) Penn State (10-3)L 13-41
Sat Oct 7vs Howard (6-6)W 23-20
Sat Oct 21at Nebraska (5-7)L 9-17
Sat Oct 28vs Maryland (8-5)W 33-27
Sat Nov 4 (19) Iowa (10-4)L 7-10
Sat Nov 11at Wisconsin (7-6)W 24-10
Sat Nov 18vs Purdue (4-8)W 23-15
Sat Nov 25at Illinois (5-7)W 45-43
Sat Dec 23 (24) Utah (8-5)W 14-7