northwestern vs ranked opponents history last 20 games

The Northwestern Wildcats are 1-19 against ranked opponents in their last 20 games.

	TEAM	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Northwestern	10/18/2019	NW	vs	OSU	L 3-52	0	14	199	480	27.8	0.0
2	Northwestern	10/26/2019	NW	vs	IOWA	L 0-20	0	13	202	302	35.3	0.0
3	Northwestern	11/23/2019	NW	vs	MINN	L 22-38	3	14	223	423	46.7	100.0
4	Northwestern	11/21/2020	NW	vs	WIS	W 17-7	2	16	263	366	13.3	0.0
5	Northwestern	12/19/2020	NW	@	OSU	L 10-22	1	19	329	513	43.8	50.0
6	Northwestern	10/23/2021	NW	@	MICH	L 7-33	1	10	233	457	28.6	50.0
7	Northwestern	11/6/2021	NW	vs	IOWA	L 12-17	1	20	363	361	33.3	100.0
8	Northwestern	11/13/2021	NW	@	WIS	L 7-35	1	12	239	497	23.1	33.3
9	Northwestern	10/1/2022	NW	@	PSU	L 7-17	1	12	241	360	25.0	25.0
10	Northwestern	11/5/2022	NW	vs	OSU	L 7-21	1	17	285	283	45.0	0.0
11	Northwestern	9/16/2023	NW	@	DUKE	L 14-38	2	20	267	487	55.6	33.3
12	Northwestern	9/30/2023	NW	vs	PSU	L 13-41	1	12	175	353	31.3	0.0
13	Northwestern	10/5/2024	NW	vs	IND	L 24-41	3	17	336	529	38.5	33.3
14	Northwestern	11/16/2024	NW	vs	OSU	L 7-31	1	17	251	420	37.5	50.0
15	Northwestern	11/30/2024	NW	vs	ILL	L 28-38	3	28	442	382	47.4	0.0
16	Northwestern	9/13/2025	NW	vs	ORE	L 14-34	2	15	313	373	27.3	50.0
17	Northwestern	11/7/2025	NW	@	USC	L 17-38	2	13	280	482	33.3	50.0
18	Northwestern	11/15/2025	NW	vs	MICH	L 22-24	2	11	245	496	16.7	100.0
19	Northwestern	9/25/2026	NW	@	IND	L 23-29	3	21	325	472	40.0	100.0
20	Northwestern	11/7/2026	NW	vs	IOWA	L 10-24	1	19	286	296	9.1	25.0
	Average						1.6	16.0	274.9	416.6	34.0	0.0
	Total						31	320	5,497	8,332	34.0	33.3

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More Northwestern Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,898

Chiles

RUSH

643

Komolafe

REC

813

Wilde

Team Rankings

PPG

31.0

49th

OPP PPG

19.3

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

190.2

38th

PASS YDS/G

231.0

79th

2026 Big 10 Standings

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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/14	NW	@	OSU	12:00 PM
Sat 11/21	NW	@	MINN	12:00 PM
Sat 11/28	ILL	@	NW	1:00 PM

Last Game

Iowa

7 - 2

Final

Northwestern

6 - 3

Sat 7 Nov 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Mensah

27

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

517.0

516.6

514.0

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

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	9	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	3	.667
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
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	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	6	3	.667
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	7	.222
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	4	5	.444
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	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	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	South Florida	6	3	.667
10	Tulane	4	5	.444
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	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	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333