The Northwestern Wildcats have a 5-9 record against Iowa in their last 14 games.

	TEAM	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Northwestern	10/27/2012	NW	vs	IOWA	W 28-17	4
2	Northwestern	10/26/2013	NW	@	IOWA	L 10-17	1	19	329	305	57.1	0.0
3	Northwestern	11/1/2014	NW	@	IOWA	L 7-48	1	13	180	483	26.7	50.0
4	Northwestern	10/17/2015	NW	vs	IOWA	L 10-40	1	13	198	492	42.1
5	Northwestern	10/1/2016	NW	@	IOWA	W 38-31	5	20	362	283	37.5	100.0
6	Northwestern	10/21/2017	NW	vs	IOWA	W 17-10	2	22	339	312	25.0	50.0
7	Northwestern	11/10/2018	NW	@	IOWA	W 14-10	2	19	306	333	36.8	100.0
8	Northwestern	10/26/2019	NW	vs	IOWA	L 0-20	0	13	202	302	35.3	0.0
9	Northwestern	10/31/2020	NW	@	IOWA	W 21-20	3	18	273	293	52.6	100.0
10	Northwestern	11/6/2021	NW	vs	IOWA	L 12-17	1	20	363	361	33.3	100.0
11	Northwestern	10/29/2022	NW	@	IOWA	L 13-33	2	16	177	398	41.2	100.0
12	Northwestern	11/4/2023	NW	vs	IOWA	L 7-10	1	12	170	169	35.3	50.0
13	Northwestern	10/26/2024	NW	@	IOWA	L 14-40	2	11	163	355	16.7
14	Northwestern	11/7/2026	NW	vs	IOWA	L 10-24	1	19	286	296	9.1	25.0
	Average						1.9		257.5	337.1
	Total						26		3,348	4,382

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More Northwestern Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,898

Chiles

RUSH

697

Komolafe

REC

843

Wilde

Team Rankings

PPG

29.8

55th

OPP PPG

20.2

38th

RUSH YDS/G

176.5

54th

PASS YDS/G

230.4

76th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
7	Wisconsin	4-3	6-4
8	Illinois	4-3	6-4
9	Northwestern	3-4	6-4
10	Minnesota	3-3	5-4
11	Penn State	2-4	5-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/21	NW	@	MINN	12:00 PM
Sat 11/28	ILL	@	NW	1:00 PM

Last Game

Northwestern

6 - 4

Final

Ohio State

7 - 3

Sat 14 Nov 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

3,076

Mensah

2,973

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

1,335

Flora

1,320

Sheppard

1,241

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

1,317

Smith

1,209

Legree

1,045

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mensah

29

Mestemaker

28

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

20

Hawkins

19

Sheppard

18

Gutierrez

Rec TD Leaders

15

Smith

14

Legree

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

186.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

179.8

Stockton

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.5

Dean

11.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

44.7

44.1

43.9

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

14.0

14.1

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

520.7

518.1

517.0

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

241.0

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

331.0

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	7	3	.700
4	Iowa	7	2	.778
5	USC	7	2	.778
6	Ohio State	7	3	.700
7	Wisconsin	6	4	.600
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Northwestern	6	4	.600
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	5	.500
14	Nebraska	6	4	.600
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	8	.200
17	Maryland	4	6	.400
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	8	2	.800
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	8	2	.800
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	6	.400
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	6	.400

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	9	1	.900
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	5	.500
4	Delaware	5	5	.500
5	Florida International	4	6	.400
6	New Mexico State	3	7	.300
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	4	6	.400
9	Kennesaw State	4	6	.400
10	Sam Houston	1	9	.100

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	6	4	.600
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	3	.727
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	6	.400
8	Coastal Carolina	4	6	.400
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	5	.500
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	9	1	.900
2	Wake Forest	9	1	.900
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	3	.700
5	Duke	7	3	.700
6	Clemson	6	4	.600
7	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
8	Florida State	5	5	.500
9	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
10	North Carolina	5	4	.556
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	5	5	.500
13	NC State	4	6	.400
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	7	.300
16	Syracuse	5	5	.500
17	Georgia Tech	3	7	.300

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	4	6	.400
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	10	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	6	4	.600
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	6	4	.600
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	Tulane	4	5	.444
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	9	.100
13	Temple	2	8	.200
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	5	5	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Arizona	7	2	.778
5	Baylor	6	3	.667
6	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
7	Houston	7	3	.700
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	5	.500
11	Iowa State	5	5	.500
12	Cincinnati	5	5	.500
13	TCU	5	5	.500
14	Colorado	4	6	.400
15	Kansas State	4	6	.400
16	Kansas	4	6	.400