Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Men's college basketball through 3/3/26 games
Northwestern
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Northwestern schedule Rating: 79.36 (D-I #66)  Projected season record: 14 - 17 overall, 6 - 14 Big Ten
Overall Conf Ratings and projections
Game Division I opponent Site Result Score record record Streak Last 10 Rating Projection (correct/incorrect winner) Northwestern win probability
1 Mercyhurst Home Win 70 - 47   1 - 0 0 - 0 W1     83.74    
2 Boston University Home Win 76 - 52   2 - 0 0 - 0 W2     83.78    
3 Cleveland State Home Win 110 - 63   3 - 0 0 - 0 W3     85.99    
4 DePaul Road Win 81 - 79   4 - 0 0 - 0 W4     85.09    
5 Virginia Neutral Loss 78 - 83   4 - 1 0 - 0 L1     84.56 Northwestern by 1 52%
6 South Carolina Neutral Win 79 - 77   5 - 1 0 - 0 W1     83.94 Northwestern by 8 75%
7 Oklahoma State Home Loss 81 - 86   5 - 2 0 - 0 L1     83.06 Northwestern by 4 63%
8 Wisconsin Road Loss 73 - 85   5 - 3 0 - 1 L2     82.50 Wisconsin by 6 31%
9 Ohio State Home Loss 82 - 86   5 - 4 0 - 2 L3     81.97 Northwestern by 2 56%
10 Jackson State Home Win 93 - 53   6 - 4 0 - 2 W1 6-4   82.77 Northwestern by 28 98%
11 Valparaiso Home Win 86 - 70   7 - 4 0 - 2 W2 6-4   82.69 Northwestern by 17 91%
12 Butler Neutral Loss 58 - 61   7 - 5 0 - 2 L1 5-5   82.34 Northwestern by 2 55%
13 Howard Home Win 80 - 60   8 - 5 0 - 2 W1 5-5   82.21 Northwestern by 22 95%
14 Minnesota Home Loss 78 - 84   8 - 6 0 - 3 L1 4-6   81.15 Northwestern by 9 77%
15 Michigan State Road Loss 66 - 76   8 - 7 0 - 4 L2 4-6   81.22 Michigan State by 11 19%
16 Rutgers Road Loss 75 - 77 OT 8 - 8 0 - 5 L3 3-7   80.73 Northwestern by 7 72%
17 Illinois Home Loss 68 - 79   8 - 9 0 - 6 L4 3-7   80.58 Illinois by 9 24%
18 Nebraska Home Loss 58 - 77   8 - 10 0 - 7 L5 3-7   79.74 Nebraska by 7 29%
19 USC Road Win 74 - 68   9 - 10 1 - 7 W1 4-6   80.39 USC by 4 37%
20 UCLA Road Loss 64 - 71   9 - 11 1 - 8 L1 3-7   80.29 UCLA by 5 33%
21 Penn State Home Win 94 - 73   10 - 11 2 - 8 W1 3-7   81.05 Northwestern by 9 78%
22 Washington Home Loss 62 - 76   10 - 12 2 - 9 L1 3-7   80.02 Northwestern by 2 56%
23 Illinois Road Loss 44 - 84   10 - 13 2 - 10 L2 2-8   78.76 Illinois by 15 11%
24 Iowa Road Loss 70 - 76   10 - 14 2 - 11 L3 2-8   79.15 Iowa by 12 16%
25 Michigan Home Loss 75 - 87   10 - 15 2 - 12 L4 2-8   79.47 Michigan by 17 9%
26 Nebraska Road Loss 49 - 68   10 - 16 2 - 13 L5 2-8   79.13 Nebraska by 14 14%
27 Maryland Home Win 78 - 74   11 - 16 3 - 13 W1 3-7   78.87 Northwestern by 8 75%
28 Indiana Road Win 72 - 68   12 - 16 4 - 13 W2 4-6   79.60 Indiana by 8 27%
29 Oregon Home Win 63 - 62   13 - 16 5 - 13 W3 4-6   79.36 Northwestern by 5 65%
30 Purdue Home 3/4/2026                 Purdue by 10 22%
31 Minnesota Road 3/7/2026                 Minnesota by 5 36%
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