The Northwestern Wildcats have a 196-185 record since 1995.

	TEAM	REC	SEASON	W%	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Northwestern	10-1	1995	.909	11	10	1	0		279	25.4	140	12.7
2	Northwestern	9-2	1996	.818	11	9	2	0		308	28.0	230	20.9
3	Northwestern	5-7	1997	.417	12	5	7	0		243	20.3	288	24.0
4	Northwestern	3-9	1998	.250	12	3	9	0		214	17.8	337	28.1
5	Northwestern	3-8	1999	.273	11	3	8	0		141	12.8	301	27.4
6	Northwestern	8-3	2000	.727	11	8	3	0	56	424	38.5	334	30.4	261
7	Northwestern	4-7	2001	.364	11	4	7	0	43	320	29.1	378	34.4	273
8	Northwestern	3-9	2002	.250	12	3	9	0	35	272	22.7	493	41.1	248
9	Northwestern	6-7	2003	.462	13	6	7	0	35	263	20.2	326	25.1	245
10	Northwestern	6-6	2004	.500	12	6	6	0	38	295	24.6	342	28.5	263
11	Northwestern	7-5	2005	.583	12	7	5	0	51	388	32.3	407	33.9	328
12	Northwestern	4-8	2006	.333	12	4	8	0	25	198	16.5	314	26.2	197
13	Northwestern	6-6	2007	.500	12	6	6	0	39	310	25.8	372	31.0	279
14	Northwestern	9-4	2008	.692	13	9	4	0	37	317	24.4	262	20.2	263
15	Northwestern	8-5	2009	.615	13	8	5	0	40	337	25.9	318	24.5	303
16	Northwestern	7-6	2010	.538	13	7	6	0	43	343	26.4	377	29.0	284
17	Northwestern	6-7	2011	.462	13	6	7	0	51	376	28.9	360	27.7	305
18	Northwestern	10-3	2012	.769	13	10	3	0	50	412	31.7	293	22.5	289
19	Northwestern	5-7	2013	.417	12	5	7	0	35	314	26.2	325	27.1	269	39.9	42.9
20	Northwestern	5-7	2014	.417	12	5	7	0	33	276	23.0	302	25.2	255	40.1	48.3
21	Northwestern	10-3	2015	.769	13	10	3	0	29	254	19.5	242	18.6	232	40.7	45.5
22	Northwestern	7-6	2016	.538	13	7	6	0	45	338	26.0	289	22.2	280	39.3	53.1
23	Northwestern	10-3	2017	.769	13	10	3	0	49	380	29.2	261	20.1	299	35.3	56.4
24	Northwestern	9-5	2018	.643	14	9	5	0	44	339	24.2	325	23.2	287	38.1	37.5
25	Northwestern	3-9	2019	.250	12	3	9	0	24	196	16.3	283	23.6	212	35.8	39.3
	Average			.514	8.3	4.3	4.0	0.0	24.0	197.0	23.8	210.1	25.4
	Total	196-185		.514	381	196	185	0	985	9,060	23.8	9,664	25.4

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More Northwestern Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

900

Chiles

RUSH

290

Komolafe

REC

281

Wilde

Team Rankings

PPG

33.0

60th

OPP PPG

16.8

33rd

RUSH YDS/G

212.8

29th

PASS YDS/G

225.0

90th

2026 Big 10 Standings

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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	BALL	@	NW	12:30 PM
Sat 10/17	NW	@	MSU	1:00 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

Last Game

Penn State

3 - 2

Final

Northwestern

3 - 1

Fri 2 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,613

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200