Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Men's college basketball through 4/6/26 games
Northwestern
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Northwestern schedule Rating: 80.75 (D-I #57)  Projected season record: 15 - 19 overall, 5 - 15 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     83.75    
2 Boston University Home Win 76 - 52   2 - 0 0 - 0 W2     83.79    
3 Cleveland State Home Win 110 - 63   3 - 0 0 - 0 W3     86.00    
4 DePaul Road Win 81 - 79   4 - 0 0 - 0 W4     85.10    
5 Virginia Neutral Loss 78 - 83   4 - 1 0 - 0 L1     84.57 Northwestern by 1 52%
6 South Carolina Neutral Win 79 - 77   5 - 1 0 - 0 W1     83.95 Northwestern by 8 75%
7 Oklahoma State Home Loss 81 - 86   5 - 2 0 - 0 L1     83.07 Northwestern by 4 63%
8 Wisconsin Road Loss 73 - 85   5 - 3 0 - 1 L2     82.51 Wisconsin by 6 31%
9 Ohio State Home Loss 82 - 86   5 - 4 0 - 2 L3     81.98 Northwestern by 2 56%
10 Jackson State Home Win 93 - 53   6 - 4 0 - 2 W1 6-4   82.78 Northwestern by 28 98%
11 Valparaiso Home Win 86 - 70   7 - 4 0 - 2 W2 6-4   82.70 Northwestern by 17 91%
12 Butler Neutral Loss 58 - 61   7 - 5 0 - 2 L1 5-5   82.35 Northwestern by 2 55%
13 Howard Home Win 80 - 60   8 - 5 0 - 2 W1 5-5   82.22 Northwestern by 22 95%
14 Minnesota Home Loss 78 - 84   8 - 6 0 - 3 L1 4-6   81.16 Northwestern by 9 77%
15 Michigan State Road Loss 66 - 76   8 - 7 0 - 4 L2 4-6   81.23 Michigan State by 11 18%
16 Rutgers Road Loss 75 - 77 OT 8 - 8 0 - 5 L3 3-7   80.74 Northwestern by 7 72%
17 Illinois Home Loss 68 - 79   8 - 9 0 - 6 L4 3-7   80.59 Illinois by 9 23%
18 Nebraska Home Loss 58 - 77   8 - 10 0 - 7 L5 3-7   79.75 Nebraska by 7 29%
19 USC Road Win 74 - 68   9 - 10 1 - 7 W1 4-6   80.40 USC by 4 37%
20 UCLA Road Loss 64 - 71   9 - 11 1 - 8 L1 3-7   80.30 UCLA by 5 33%
21 Penn State Home Win 94 - 73   10 - 11 2 - 8 W1 3-7   81.06 Northwestern by 9 78%
22 Washington Home Loss 62 - 76   10 - 12 2 - 9 L1 3-7   80.03 Northwestern by 2 56%
23 Illinois Road Loss 44 - 84   10 - 13 2 - 10 L2 2-8   78.77 Illinois by 15 11%
24 Iowa Road Loss 70 - 76   10 - 14 2 - 11 L3 2-8   79.16 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   79.14 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   79.37 Northwestern by 5 65%
30 Purdue Home Loss 66 - 70   13 - 17 5 - 14 L1 4-6   79.72 Purdue by 10 21%
31 Minnesota Road Loss 66 - 67   13 - 18 5 - 15 L2 3-7   79.82 Minnesota by 2 42%
32 Penn State Neutral Win 76 - 66   14 - 18 5 - 15 W1 4-6   79.91 Northwestern by 9 76%
33 Indiana Neutral Win 74 - 61   15 - 18 5 - 15 W2 5-5   80.95 Indiana by 4 38%
34 Purdue Neutral Loss 68 - 81   15 - 19 5 - 15 L1 5-5   80.75 Purdue by 10 21%
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