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Women's College Basketball Ratings & Rankings
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Northwestern
Wildcats
Outstanding
B-
Overall Grade
84
Ice Cold
Brutal Schedule
Punchless
Dark Horse
8-21
Record
27.6%
Win %
#141
Overall Rank
65.4
Pts / Game
L 11
Streak
Summary
Trends
Schedule
Rankings History
Performance
Rating
Rank
Overall
84
B-
141
Power
88
B+
105
Offensive
91
A-
79
Defensive
80
C+
182
Schedule (Current)
98
A+
11
Schedule (Future)
98
A+
11
Records
Overall
8-21 (27.6%)
Versus Top 25
0-8 (0%)
Versus > .500 Teams
3-17 (15%)
Versus < .500 Teams
5-4 (55.6%)
Last 10 Games
0-10 (0%)
Superlatives
Best Win
#73 Wisconsin
Worst Loss
#162 Loyola-Chicago
Largest MOV
19 pts, #153 Rutgers
Largest MOD
36 pts, #22 Michigan St
Other Statistics
Points per Game
65.4
Points Against
75.9
Opponent Record
568-385
Average Opponent Rank
81.5
Long Streak
L 11
Current Streak
L 11
Team Insights
New
Northwestern climbed as high as No. 60 on Dec 1 in the 2025-2026 season, the highest Versus has ever placed them (records back to 2022).
Versus grades Northwestern an offense-driven team: an A- offense (No. 79 in the country) but only a C+ defense (No. 182).
Northwestern's biggest upset in the 2025-2026 season: a win over Wisconsin, which finished No. 73 — 68 spots ahead of Northwestern's own No. 141.
3-Year Trend Analysis
Big 10
Rank
Team
W
L
Change
1
UCLA
37
1
5
Michigan
28
7
6
Iowa
27
7
11
Ohio St
27
8
16
Minnesota
24
9
19
Maryland
24
9
1
22
Michigan St
23
9
24
Washington
22
11
28
USC
18
14
29
Oregon
23
13
30
Illinois
22
12
38
Nebraska
19
13
1
52
Indiana
18
14
73
Wisconsin
16
18
87
Purdue
13
17
90
Penn St
11
18
141
Northwestern
8
21
3
153
Rutgers
9
20
2
Game Results
Date
Opponent
Outcome
Wed Nov 5
vs
IUPUI
(12-17)
Horizon
W
67-64
Sun Nov 9
vs
SIUE
(13-16)
Ohio Valley
W
64-51
Fri Nov 14
vs
MD E Shore
(18-15)
Mid-Eastern
W
69-54
Mon Nov 17
at
DePaul
(8-24)
Big East
W
79-72
Fri Nov 21
vs
Cleveland St
(24-10)
Horizon
W
75-68
Fri Nov 28
Abilene Chr
(21-11)
WAC
W
62-59
Sat Nov 29
Missouri
(17-17)
SEC
L
70-85
Wed Dec 3
vs
Kansas
(21-14)
Big 12
L
62-74
Sun Dec 7
vs
#11
Ohio St
(27-8)
Big 10
L
70-79
Sun Dec 14
at
Utah
(18-13)
Big 12
L
66-91
Thu Dec 18
vs
Loyola-Chicago
(16-18)
A-10
L
68-69
Sun Dec 21
at
G Washington
(17-18)
A-10
L
62-75
Mon Dec 29
at
#24
Washington
(22-11)
Big 10
L
73-94
Thu Jan 1
at
Oregon
(23-13)
Big 10
L
54-87
Mon Jan 5
vs
#6
Iowa
(27-7)
Big 10
L
58-67
Thu Jan 8
at
#16
Minnesota
(24-9)
Big 10
L
47-79
Sun Jan 11
vs
Rutgers
(9-20)
Big 10
W
73-54
Thu Jan 15
vs
Wisconsin
(16-18)
Big 10
W
66-61
Sun Jan 18
at
Illinois
(22-12)
Big 10
L
71-74
Sun Jan 25
vs
#1
UCLA
(37-1)
Big 10
L
46-80
Wed Jan 28
at
Nebraska
(19-13)
Big 10
L
73-89
Sun Feb 1
at
Indiana
(18-14)
Big 10
L
75-89
Thu Feb 5
vs
USC
(18-14)
Big 10
L
65-83
Thu Feb 12
vs
#5
Michigan
(28-7)
Big 10
L
58-80
Sun Feb 15
at
Penn St
(11-18)
Big 10
L
71-81
Wed Feb 18
at
#22
Michigan St
(23-9)
Big 10
L
68-104
Sun Feb 22
vs
Illinois
(22-12)
Big 10
L
65-92
Wed Feb 25
at
#19
Maryland
(24-9)
Big 10
L
57-79
Sun Mar 1
vs
Purdue
(13-17)
Big 10
L
62-67
Ranking History
Week
Date
Rank
W
L
Change
0
Nov 2
101
0
0
1
Nov 9
93
1
0
8
2
Nov 16
79
3
0
14
3
Nov 23
66
5
0
13
4
Nov 30
68
6
1
2
5
Dec 1
60
6
1
8
6
Dec 7
68
6
2
8
7
Dec 14
74
6
3
6
8
Dec 21
117
6
5
43
9
Dec 28
149
6
6
32
10
Jan 4
164
6
8
15
11
Jan 11
161
6
10
3
12
Jan 18
116
8
10
45
13
Jan 25
114
8
11
2
14
Feb 1
111
8
13
3
15
Feb 8
125
8
15
14
16
Feb 15
119
8
16
6
17
Feb 22
133
8
18
14
18
Mar 1
140
8
20
7
19
Mar 8
148
8
21
8
20
Mar 15
148
8
21
21
Mar 22
138
8
21
10
22
Mar 29
137
8
21
1
23
Apr 5
144
8
21
7
24
Apr 7
141
8
21
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