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Overall

	GP	GS
2003	12	0

Location

	GP	GS
Home	6
Road	5

Result

	GP	GS
Wins	5
Losses	6

Month

	GP	GS
August	1
September	4
October	2
November	4

Conference

	GP	GS
Atlantic Coast	1
Big 10	7
Big 12	1
Mid-American	1
Mountain West	1

Opponent

	GP	GS
AFA	1
DUKE	1
ILL	1
KU	1
M-OH	1
MICH	1
MINN	1
OSU	1
PSU	1
PUR	1
WIS	1

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More Northwestern Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,398

Chiles

RUSH

401

Komolafe

REC

482

Wilde

Team Rankings

PPG

33.5

43rd

OPP PPG

17.0

28th

RUSH YDS/G

191.5

45th

PASS YDS/G

233.0

78th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Minnesota	2-1	4-2
9	Purdue	2-2	3-4
10	Northwestern	2-1	5-1
11	Oregon	1-1	3-2
12	Illinois	1-2	3-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/24	RUTG	@	NW	12:00 PM
Sat 10/31	NW	@	ORE	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	IOWA	@	NW	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	NW	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	NW	@	MINN	1:00 PM

Last Game

Northwestern

5 - 1

Final

Michigan State

2 - 5

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

838

Burgess

837

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

741

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

19

Sayin

18

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

13

Baugh

13

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

9

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

186.5

Carr

185.9

Stockton

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

44.0

43.4

43.0

42.9

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.6

11.0

11.3

12.2

12.9

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

554.8

533.8

527.0

521.4

512.6

Rush Yards Rankings

357.5

343.0

303.5

299.4

272.4

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

347.0

334.4

325.2

323.1

322.4

Sack Leaders

29.0

25.0

24.0

22.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	San Diego State	2	4	.333
4	Fresno State	4	2	.667
5	Texas State	3	3	.500
6	Utah State	2	4	.333
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	6	.143

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	6	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	2	.667
9	Arizona State	3	3	.500
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	4	2	.667
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	4	.333
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	4	.500
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	5	2	.714
4	Bowling Green	2	5	.286
5	Buffalo	4	3	.571
6	Toledo	5	2	.714
7	Central Michigan	3	4	.429
8	Miami (OH)	4	3	.571
9	UMass	4	3	.571
10	Kent State	2	5	.286
11	Akron	1	6	.143
12	Ball State	2	5	.286
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Alabama	5	2	.714
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	2	.667
5	Missouri	5	2	.714
6	Tennessee	6	1	.857
7	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	5	2	.714
10	Texas	4	2	.667
11	LSU	5	2	.714
12	Auburn	4	2	.667
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	3	.571
15	Vanderbilt	3	4	.429
16	Arkansas	3	4	.429

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	1	.857
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	6	1	.857
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Iowa	5	1	.833
7	Nebraska	5	1	.833
8	Minnesota	4	2	.667
9	Purdue	3	4	.429
10	Northwestern	5	1	.833
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Washington	4	3	.571
14	Michigan	4	2	.667
15	Rutgers	2	4	.333
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	5	.286

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	4	2	.667
4	Pittsburgh	5	2	.714
5	SMU	5	1	.833
6	Virginia	4	3	.571
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	4	.333
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	2	.667
11	North Carolina	4	2	.667
12	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	3	3	.500
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	3	.571
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	6	1	.857
4	Air Force	5	1	.833
5	Wyoming	4	3	.571
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	4	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	6	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Florida Atlantic	4	2	.667
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	Army	4	2	.667
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Temple	2	5	.286
10	South Florida	5	2	.714
11	Navy	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	4	3	.571
13	Rice	1	6	.143
14	Charlotte	1	6	.143

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	7	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	2	.667
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	3	.500
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Louisiana	5	2	.714
8	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	1	5	.167
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	3	4	.429