northwestern record against ranked teams in last 25 games

The Northwestern Wildcats are 4-21 in their last 25 games against ranked opponents.

	TEAM	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Northwestern	10/6/2018	1-0	NW	@	MSU	W 29-19	1.000	4	19	381	425	35.7	100.0
2	Northwestern	10/27/2018	1-0	NW	vs	WIS	W 31-17	1.000	4	19	349	323	47.1	0.0
3	Northwestern	11/3/2018	0-1	NW	vs	ND	L 21-31	.000	3	16	249	464	33.3	50.0
4	Northwestern	12/1/2018	0-1	NW	@	OSU	L 24-45	.000	3	21	418	607	33.3	0.0
5	Northwestern	12/31/2018	1-0	NW	@	UTAH	W 31-20	1.000	4	17	322	393	21.4	0.0
6	Northwestern	8/31/2019	0-1	NW	@	STAN	L 7-17	.000	1	15	210	365	35.7	50.0
7	Northwestern	9/28/2019	0-1	NW	@	WIS	L 15-24	.000	2	21	255	243	25.0	50.0
8	Northwestern	10/18/2019	0-1	NW	vs	OSU	L 3-52	.000	0	14	199	480	27.8	0.0
9	Northwestern	10/26/2019	0-1	NW	vs	IOWA	L 0-20	.000	0	13	202	302	35.3	0.0
10	Northwestern	11/23/2019	0-1	NW	vs	MINN	L 22-38	.000	3	14	223	423	46.7	100.0
11	Northwestern	11/21/2020	1-0	NW	vs	WIS	W 17-7	1.000	2	16	263	366	13.3	0.0
12	Northwestern	12/19/2020	0-1	NW	@	OSU	L 10-22	.000	1	19	329	513	43.8	50.0
13	Northwestern	10/23/2021	0-1	NW	@	MICH	L 7-33	.000	1	10	233	457	28.6	50.0
14	Northwestern	11/6/2021	0-1	NW	vs	IOWA	L 12-17	.000	1	20	363	361	33.3	100.0
15	Northwestern	11/13/2021	0-1	NW	@	WIS	L 7-35	.000	1	12	239	497	23.1	33.3
16	Northwestern	10/1/2022	0-1	NW	@	PSU	L 7-17	.000	1	12	241	360	25.0	25.0
17	Northwestern	11/5/2022	0-1	NW	vs	OSU	L 7-21	.000	1	17	285	283	45.0	0.0
18	Northwestern	9/16/2023	0-1	NW	@	DUKE	L 14-38	.000	2	20	267	487	55.6	33.3
19	Northwestern	9/30/2023	0-1	NW	vs	PSU	L 13-41	.000	1	12	175	353	31.3	0.0
20	Northwestern	10/5/2024	0-1	NW	vs	IND	L 24-41	.000	3	17	336	529	38.5	33.3
21	Northwestern	11/16/2024	0-1	NW	vs	OSU	L 7-31	.000	1	17	251	420	37.5	50.0
22	Northwestern	11/30/2024	0-1	NW	vs	ILL	L 28-38	.000	3	28	442	382	47.4	0.0
23	Northwestern	9/13/2025	0-1	NW	vs	ORE	L 14-34	.000	2	15	313	373	27.3	50.0
24	Northwestern	11/7/2025	0-1	NW	@	USC	L 17-38	.000	2	13	280	482	33.3	50.0
25	Northwestern	11/15/2025	0-1	NW	vs	MICH	L 22-24	.000	2	11	245	496	16.7	100.0
	Average							.160	1.9	16.3	282.8	415.4	34.3	0.0
	Total		4-21					.160	48	408	7,070	10,384	34.3	32.8

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More Northwestern Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,400

Stone

RUSH

941

Komolafe

REC

880

Wilde

Team Rankings

PPG

22.5

114th

OPP PPG

20.9

36th

RUSH YDS/G

167.1

66th

PASS YDS/G

181.8

138th

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Washington	5-4	9-4
10	Nebraska	4-5	7-6
11	Northwestern	4-5	7-6
12	Penn State	3-6	7-6
13	UCLA	3-6	3-9

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	SDST	@	NW	8:00 PM
Sat 9/19	COLO	@	NW	7:30 PM
Fri 9/25	NW	@	IND	8:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PSU	@	NW	8:00 PM
Sat 10/10	BALL	@	NW	1:00 PM

Last Game

Central Michigan

0 - 1

Final

Northwestern

1 - 0

Fri 26 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167