northwestern record against ranked opponents in the last 10 seasons

The Northwestern Wildcats have a 5-25 record against ranked opponents from 2017 through 2026.

	TEAM	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Northwestern	9/30/2017	0-1	NW	@	WIS	L 24-33	.000	3	20	244	306	20.0	66.7
2	Northwestern	10/7/2017	0-1	NW	vs	PSU	L 7-31	.000	1	15	265	381	26.3	50.0
3	Northwestern	10/28/2017	1-0	NW	vs	MSU	W 39-31	1.000	5	28	432	540	46.7	100.0
4	Northwestern	9/29/2018	0-1	NW	vs	MICH	L 17-20	.000	2	15	202	376	38.5
5	Northwestern	10/6/2018	1-0	NW	@	MSU	W 29-19	1.000	4	19	381	425	35.7	100.0
6	Northwestern	10/27/2018	1-0	NW	vs	WIS	W 31-17	1.000	4	19	349	323	47.1	0.0
7	Northwestern	11/3/2018	0-1	NW	vs	ND	L 21-31	.000	3	16	249	464	33.3	50.0
8	Northwestern	12/1/2018	0-1	NW	@	OSU	L 24-45	.000	3	21	418	607	33.3	0.0
9	Northwestern	12/31/2018	1-0	NW	@	UTAH	W 31-20	1.000	4	17	322	393	21.4	0.0
10	Northwestern	8/31/2019	0-1	NW	@	STAN	L 7-17	.000	1	15	210	365	35.7	50.0
11	Northwestern	9/28/2019	0-1	NW	@	WIS	L 15-24	.000	2	21	255	243	25.0	50.0
12	Northwestern	10/18/2019	0-1	NW	vs	OSU	L 3-52	.000	0	14	199	480	27.8	0.0
13	Northwestern	10/26/2019	0-1	NW	vs	IOWA	L 0-20	.000	0	13	202	302	35.3	0.0
14	Northwestern	11/23/2019	0-1	NW	vs	MINN	L 22-38	.000	3	14	223	423	46.7	100.0
15	Northwestern	11/21/2020	1-0	NW	vs	WIS	W 17-7	1.000	2	16	263	366	13.3	0.0
16	Northwestern	12/19/2020	0-1	NW	@	OSU	L 10-22	.000	1	19	329	513	43.8	50.0
17	Northwestern	10/23/2021	0-1	NW	@	MICH	L 7-33	.000	1	10	233	457	28.6	50.0
18	Northwestern	11/6/2021	0-1	NW	vs	IOWA	L 12-17	.000	1	20	363	361	33.3	100.0
19	Northwestern	11/13/2021	0-1	NW	@	WIS	L 7-35	.000	1	12	239	497	23.1	33.3
20	Northwestern	10/1/2022	0-1	NW	@	PSU	L 7-17	.000	1	12	241	360	25.0	25.0
21	Northwestern	11/5/2022	0-1	NW	vs	OSU	L 7-21	.000	1	17	285	283	45.0	0.0
22	Northwestern	9/16/2023	0-1	NW	@	DUKE	L 14-38	.000	2	20	267	487	55.6	33.3
23	Northwestern	9/30/2023	0-1	NW	vs	PSU	L 13-41	.000	1	12	175	353	31.3	0.0
24	Northwestern	10/5/2024	0-1	NW	vs	IND	L 24-41	.000	3	17	336	529	38.5	33.3
25	Northwestern	11/16/2024	0-1	NW	vs	OSU	L 7-31	.000	1	17	251	420	37.5	50.0
	Average							.167	2.1	16.9	284.6	415.3	34.2	0.0
	Total		5-25					.167	62	507	8,538	12,459	34.2	37.1

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More Northwestern Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,172

Chiles

RUSH

334

Komolafe

REC

425

Wilde

Team Rankings

PPG

35.4

38th

OPP PPG

16.2

25th

RUSH YDS/G

203.0

35th

PASS YDS/G

234.4

76th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Iowa	2-1	5-1
9	USC	3-1	6-1
10	Northwestern	1-1	4-1
11	Purdue	2-1	3-3
12	Michigan	0-2	3-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	NW	@	MSU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/24	RUTG	@	NW	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	NW	@	ORE	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	IOWA	@	NW	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	NW	@	OSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Ball State

1 - 5

Final

Northwestern

4 - 1

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	1	.833
2	Georgia	6	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	1	.800
4	Florida	4	2	.667
5	Kentucky	5	1	.833
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	LSU	4	2	.667
9	Missouri	5	1	.833
10	Tennessee	5	1	.833
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
13	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
14	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
15	Arkansas	2	4	.333
16	South Carolina	3	3	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Fresno State	4	2	.667
3	Oregon State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	5	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Arizona State	3	2	.600
11	Iowa State	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Kansas	2	3	.400
14	West Virginia	3	3	.500
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Toledo	4	2	.667
3	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
4	Ohio	4	2	.667
5	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
6	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
7	UMass	4	2	.667
8	Kent State	2	4	.333
9	Buffalo	3	3	.500
10	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	1	.833
3	UCLA	5	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	2	.667
5	Ohio State	5	1	.833
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	2	.600
8	Iowa	5	1	.833
9	USC	6	1	.857
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Purdue	3	3	.500
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	3	.500
14	Illinois	3	3	.500
15	Maryland	2	4	.333
16	Michigan State	2	4	.333
17	Rutgers	1	4	.200
18	Washington	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
3	Duke	4	1	.800
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Virginia	4	2	.667
8	NC State	3	3	.500
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
11	California	3	3	.500
12	Florida State	3	3	.500
13	Stanford	2	4	.333
14	North Carolina	3	2	.600
15	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
16	Syracuse	2	3	.400
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
3	Memphis	5	1	.833
4	North Texas	4	2	.667
5	UAB	3	3	.500
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	Temple	2	4	.333
8	South Florida	4	2	.667
9	East Carolina	3	2	.600
10	Tulane	2	3	.400
11	Tulsa	3	3	.500
12	Rice	1	5	.167
13	Charlotte	0	6	.000
14	Navy	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana	4	2	.667
5	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
6	Troy	3	2	.600
7	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
8	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
9	Marshall	3	3	.500
10	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
11	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	4	2	.667
4	Wyoming	3	3	.500
5	Air Force	4	1	.800
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
8	Nevada	2	3	.400
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167