what are the most wins in a season for northwestern

The Northwestern Wildcats have had their most wins in a season 5 times, with 10 wins.

	TEAM	W	SEASON	GP	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Northwestern	10	2017	13	3	0	49	380	29.2	261	20.1	299	35.3	56.4
2	Northwestern	10	2015	13	3	0	29	254	19.5	242	18.6	232	40.7	45.5
3	Northwestern	10	2012	13	3	0	50	412	31.7	293	22.5	289
4	Northwestern	10	1995	11	1	0		279	25.4	140	12.7
5	Northwestern	10	1903	14	1	3		229	16.4	67	4.8
6	Northwestern	9	2018	14	5	0	44	339	24.2	325	23.2	287	38.1	37.5
7	Northwestern	9	2008	13	4	0	37	317	24.4	262	20.2	263
8	Northwestern	9	1996	11	2	0		308	28.0	230	20.9
9	Northwestern	9	1898	14	4	1		229	16.4	123	8.8
10	Northwestern	8	2023	13	5	0	35	287	22.1	293	22.5	220	40.6	21.4
11	Northwestern	8	2009	13	5	0	40	337	25.9	318	24.5	303
12	Northwestern	8	2000	11	3	0	56	424	38.5	334	30.4	261
13	Northwestern	8	1905	11	2	1		214	19.5	122	11.1
14	Northwestern	8	1904	10	2	0		312	31.2	55	5.5
15	Northwestern	8	1901	11	2	1		161	14.6	77	7.0
16	Northwestern	7	2025	13	6	0	34	304	23.4	258	19.8	258	42.9	58.6
17	Northwestern	7	2020	9	2	0	28	222	24.7	143	15.9	183	39.3	69.2
18	Northwestern	7	2016	13	6	0	45	338	26.0	289	22.2	280	39.3	53.1
19	Northwestern	7	2010	13	6	0	43	343	26.4	377	29.0	284
20	Northwestern	7	2005	12	5	0	51	388	32.3	407	33.9	328
21	Northwestern	7	1971	11	4	0		212	19.3	183	16.6
22	Northwestern	7	1962	9	2	0		237	26.3	158	17.6
23	Northwestern	7	1948	9	2	0		171	19.0	77	8.6
24	Northwestern	7	1936	8	1	0		132	16.5	73	9.1
25	Northwestern	7	1931	9	1	1		138	15.3	40	4.4

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More Northwestern Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

807

Chiles

RUSH

143

Sawchuk

REC

245

Wilde

Team Rankings

PPG

32.7

60th

OPP PPG

18.0

40th

RUSH YDS/G

146.0

107th

PASS YDS/G

269.0

40th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
11	Penn State	0-1	3-1
12	Washington	0-1	3-1
13	Northwestern	0-1	2-1
14	Illinois	0-1	2-2
15	Maryland	0-1	2-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/2	PSU	@	NW	8:00 PM
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

Last Game

Northwestern

2 - 1

Final

Indiana

4 - 0

Fri 25 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250