northwestern record vs ranked teams last 100 games

The Northwestern Wildcats have a 26-74 record against ranked opponents in their last 100 games.

	TEAM	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF
1	Northwestern	10/11/1997	0-1	NW	@	MICH	L 6-23	.000			170	385
2	Northwestern	10/18/1997	1-0	NW	vs	MSU	W 19-17	1.000			362	293
3	Northwestern	10/25/1997	0-1	NW	@	OSU	L 6-49	.000			164	563
4	Northwestern	11/1/1997	0-1	NW	vs	PSU	L 27-30	.000			382	434
5	Northwestern	11/15/1997	1-0	NW	vs	IOWA	W 15-14	1.000			234	385
6	Northwestern	9/26/1998	0-1	NW	@	WIS	L 7-38	.000			372	357
7	Northwestern	10/24/1998	0-1	NW	vs	OSU	L 10-36	.000			238	524
8	Northwestern	11/14/1998	0-1	NW	@	PSU	L 10-41	.000			248	432
9	Northwestern	9/25/1999	0-1	NW	@	PUR	L 23-31	.000			375	540
10	Northwestern	10/30/1999	0-1	NW	vs	WIS	L 19-35	.000			347	296
11	Northwestern	11/6/1999	0-1	NW	@	MICH	L 3-37	.000			200	449
12	Northwestern	11/13/1999	0-1	NW	vs	MSU	L 0-34	.000			151	343
13	Northwestern	9/16/2000	0-1	NW	@	TCU	L 14-41	.000	2	11	258	488
14	Northwestern	9/23/2000	1-0	NW	@	WIS	W 47-44	1.000	6	24	544	505
15	Northwestern	9/30/2000	1-0	NW	@	MSU	W 37-17	1.000	4	20	506	367
16	Northwestern	10/14/2000	0-1	NW	vs	PUR	L 28-41	.000	4	19	452	461
17	Northwestern	11/4/2000	1-0	NW	vs	MICH	W 54-51	1.000	6	31	654	535
18	Northwestern	9/29/2001	1-0	NW	vs	MSU	W 27-26	1.000	3	20	422	385
19	Northwestern	10/27/2001	0-1	NW	@	PUR	L 27-32	.000	4	23	358	362
20	Northwestern	11/22/2001	0-1	NW	@	ILL	L 28-34	.000	4	25	467	570
21	Northwestern	10/5/2002	0-1	NW	vs	OSU	L 16-27	.000	1	18	396	455
22	Northwestern	10/19/2002	0-1	NW	@	PSU	L 0-49	.000	0	17	202	546
23	Northwestern	11/9/2002	0-1	NW	@	IOWA	L 10-62	.000	1	20	298	475
24	Northwestern	9/27/2003	0-1	NW	@	OSU	L 0-20	.000	0	11	185	311
25	Northwestern	10/4/2003	0-1	NW	vs	MINN	L 17-42	.000	2	15	284	572
	Average							.260			328.3	426.2
	Total		26-74					.260			27,247	35,376

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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

30th

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	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

Last Game

Penn State

3 - 2

Final

Northwestern

3 - 1

Fri 2 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,848

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,588

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

377.0

357.0

346.5

341.0

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

	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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
2	Liberty	4	1	.800
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Missouri State	1	3	.250
6	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
7	Delaware	2	3	.400
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

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