Big TenWildcats

Northwestern

111th of 1303–9

Rank

111th

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

−12.0

90% range −21.8 to −2.3

Offense

18.6

121st: points scored vs an average team

Defense

30.6

90th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

3–9

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

12 games, 3–9

Schedule

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

Wk 1Sep 3 · 9:00 PM ET vs

Michigan State L 21–38

Rating change−3.3

Wk 2Sep 11 · 12:00 PM ET vs

Indiana State W 24–6

Rating change+0.4

Wk 3Sep 18 · 4:00 PM ET at

Duke L 23–30

Rating change−0.2

Wk 4Sep 25 · 12:00 PM ET vs

Ohio W 35–6

Rating change+0.5

Wk 5Oct 2 · 7:30 PM ET at

Nebraska L 7–56

Rating change−3.5

Wk 7Oct 16 · 12:00 PM ET vs

Rutgers W 21–7

Rating change+2.0

Wk 8Oct 23 · 12:00 PM ET at#8

Michigan L 7–33

Rating change−0.2

Wk 9Oct 30 · 3:30 PM ET vs

Minnesota L 14–41

Rating change−1.5

Wk 10Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET vs

Iowa L 12–17

Rating change+1.2

Wk 11Nov 13 · 12:00 PM ET at#4

Wisconsin L 7–35

Rating change−0.2

Wk 12Nov 20 · 12:00 PM ET vs

PurdueNeutral L 14–32

Rating change−0.3

Wk 13Nov 27 · 3:30 PM ET at

Illinois L 14–47

Rating change−2.4

With its 90% range at each cutoff

Rating through 2021

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
2020	Big Ten	20 of 127	13.6	28.6	15.0	7–2	—
2019	Big Ten	71 of 130	−1.6	21.0	22.6	3–9	—
2018	Big Ten	43 of 130	6.2	28.8	22.7	9–5	—
2017	Big Ten	31 of 130	9.6	31.1	21.5	10–3	—
2016	Big Ten	35 of 128	7.8	30.1	22.3	7–6	—
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