| Omni Rankings™ | 2025 College football | through 1/19/26 games | |||||||||||||||||
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| Northwestern schedule | Rating: 86.72 (D-I #52) Projected season record: 7 - 6 overall, 4 - 5 Big Ten | ||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | Conf | Ratings and projections | |||||||||||||||||
| Game | Division I opponent | Site | Result | Score | record | record | Streak | Last 5 | Rating | Projection (correct/incorrect winner) | Northwestern win probability | ||||||||
| 1 | Tulane | Road | Loss | 3 - 23 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | L1 | 72.36 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Western Illinois | Home | Win | 42 - 7 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | W1 | 74.48 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Oregon | Home | Loss | 14 - 34 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 1 | L1 | 76.48 | |||||||||||
| 4 | UCLA | Home | Win | 17 - 14 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | W1 | 74.76 | |||||||||||
| 5 | ULM | Home | Win | 42 - 7 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 1 | W2 | 3-2 | 79.17 | Northwestern by 4 | 61% | ||||||||
| 6 | Penn State | Road | Win | 22 - 21 | 4 - 2 | 2 - 1 | W3 | 4-1 | 81.99 | Penn State by 20 | 11% | ||||||||
| 7 | Purdue | Home | Win | 19 - 0 | 5 - 2 | 3 - 1 | W4 | 4-1 | 84.32 | Northwestern by 1 | 51% | ||||||||
| 8 | Nebraska | Road | Loss | 21 - 28 | 5 - 3 | 3 - 2 | L1 | 4-1 | 84.51 | Nebraska by 9 | 29% | ||||||||
| 9 | USC | Road | Loss | 17 - 38 | 5 - 4 | 3 - 3 | L2 | 3-2 | 84.26 | USC by 19 | 12% | ||||||||
| 10 | Michigan | Home | Loss | 22 - 24 | 5 - 5 | 3 - 4 | L3 | 2-3 | 84.93 | Michigan by 8 | 30% | ||||||||
| 11 | Minnesota | Home | Win | 38 - 35 | 6 - 5 | 4 - 4 | W1 | 2-3 | 84.67 | Northwestern by 5 | 64% | ||||||||
| 12 | Illinois | Road | Loss | 13 - 20 | 6 - 6 | 4 - 5 | L1 | 1-4 | 85.02 | Illinois by 10 | 25% | ||||||||
| 13 | Central Michigan | Neutral | Win | 34 - 7 | 7 - 6 | 4 - 5 | W1 | 2-3 | 86.72 | Northwestern by 11 | 76% | ||||||||
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