Big TenWildcats

Northwestern

35th of 1287–6

Rank

35th

of 128 FBS teams

Rating

+7.8

90% range −2.0 to 17.6

Offense

30.1

67th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

22.3

17th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

7–6

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

13 games, 7–6

Schedule

Ranks are retrospective TEMPO estimates, not poll rankings or ranks saved before kickoff.

Wk 1Sep 3 · 12:00 PM ET vs

Western Michigan L 21–22

Rating change−0.3

Wk 2Sep 10 · 3:30 PM ET vs

Illinois State L 7–9

Rating change−3.7

Wk 3Sep 17 · 8:00 PM ET vs

Duke W 24–13

Rating change−0.5

Wk 4Sep 24 · 7:30 PM ET vs#25

Nebraska L 13–24

Rating change+0.2

Wk 5Oct 1 · 12:00 PM ET at

Iowa W 38–31

Rating change+1.6

Wk 7Oct 15 · 3:30 PM ET at

Michigan State W 54–40

Rating change+2.4

Wk 8Oct 22 · 12:00 PM ET vs

Indiana W 24–14

Rating change+0.1

Wk 9Oct 29 · 3:30 PM ET at#5

Ohio State L 20–24

Rating change+2.9

Wk 10Nov 5 · 12:00 PM ET vs#18

Wisconsin L 7–21

Rating change−0.2

Wk 11Nov 12 · 12:00 PM ET at

Purdue W 45–17

Rating change+2.3

Wk 12Nov 19 · 3:30 PM ET at

Minnesota L 12–29

Rating change−1.0

Wk 13Nov 26 · 12:00 PM ET vs

Illinois W 42–21

Rating change−0.6

PostDec 28 · 2:00 PM ET vs#17

PittsburghNEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL W 31–24

Rating change+2.2

With its 90% range at each cutoff

Rating through 2016

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Estimates of how good the team was, not forecasts to grade

Past seasons

Season	Conference	Rank#	Rating	Off.	Def.	RecordW–L	CFP entryCFP
2015	Big Ten	77 of 128	−1.4	21.9	23.4	10–3	—

Adjusted for opponents; outward is better on both sides

Profile

NU offenseFBS average

MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles