Northwestern Wildcats FBS College Football Ratings & Rankings

College Football

Northwestern

Wildcats

Good

A- Overall Grade 91

Balanced Beast

Juggernaut

Brutal Schedule

Punchless

Consistency King

Dark Horse

6-3 Record

66.7% Win %

#29 FBS Rank#29 nat'l

31 Pts / Game

L 2 Streak

Next Up:
at Ohio State, Sat Nov 14

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	6-3	66.7%	#29

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
3	UCLA	9	0	2
13	Indiana	8	1	3
17	Oregon	6	3	7
21	Iowa	7	2
22	Southern Cal	7	2	2
24	Ohio State	6	3	9
27	Wisconsin	6	3	3
29	Northwestern	6	3	1
30	Illinois	6	3	12
46	Minnesota	5	4	12
48	Michigan	5	4	15
52	Penn State	5	4	7
58	Nebraska	5	4	6
65	Washington	5	4	26
73	Michigan St	3	6	30
98	Purdue	3	6	32
152	Maryland	3	6	57
181	Rutgers	2	7

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Sep 5	vs South Dakota St (8-2) (FCS) MVFC · FCS	W34-18
Sat Sep 19	vs Colorado (3-6) Big 12	W41-7
Fri Sep 25	at #13 Indiana (8-1) (#13 nationally) Big Ten	L23-29
Fri Oct 2	vs Penn State (5-4) Big Ten	W34-13
Sat Oct 10	vs Ball St (3-6) Mid-American	W45-14
Sat Oct 17	at Michigan St (3-6) Big Ten	W24-21
Sat Oct 24	vs Rutgers (2-7) Big Ten	W42-14
Sat Oct 31	at #17 Oregon (6-3) (#17 nationally) Big Ten	L26-34
Sat Nov 7	vs #21 Iowa (7-2) (#21 nationally) Big Ten	L10-24