| Omni Rankings™ | 2023 College football | through 1/8/24 games | |||||||||||||||||
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| Northwestern schedule | Rating: 85.76 (D-I #52) Projected season record: 8 - 5 overall, 5 - 4 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 | Rutgers | Road | Loss | 7 - 24 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 1 | L1 | 76.35 | |||||||||||
| 2 | UTEP | Home | Win | 38 - 7 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | W1 | 82.68 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Duke | Road | Loss | 14 - 38 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 1 | L1 | 81.19 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Minnesota | Home | Win | 37 - 34 | OT | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | W1 | 81.61 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Penn State | Home | Loss | 13 - 41 | 2 - 3 | 1 - 2 | L1 | 2-3 | 81.32 | Penn State by 26 | 7% | ||||||||
| 6 | Howard | Home | Win | 23 - 20 | 3 - 3 | 1 - 2 | W1 | 3-2 | 78.69 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Nebraska | Road | Loss | 9 - 17 | 3 - 4 | 1 - 3 | L1 | 2-3 | 78.13 | Nebraska by 3 | 41% | ||||||||
| 8 | Maryland | Home | Win | 33 - 27 | 4 - 4 | 2 - 3 | W1 | 3-2 | 79.91 | Maryland by 9 | 29% | ||||||||
| 9 | Iowa | Neutral | Loss | 7 - 10 | 4 - 5 | 2 - 4 | L1 | 2-3 | 80.55 | Iowa by 9 | 29% | ||||||||
| 10 | Wisconsin | Road | Win | 24 - 10 | 5 - 5 | 3 - 4 | W1 | 3-2 | 83.33 | Wisconsin by 10 | 26% | ||||||||
| 11 | Purdue | Home | Win | 23 - 15 | 6 - 5 | 4 - 4 | W2 | 3-2 | 83.82 | Northwestern by 4 | 59% | ||||||||
| 12 | Illinois | Road | Win | 45 - 43 | 7 - 5 | 5 - 4 | W3 | 4-1 | 84.02 | Northwestern by 0 | 50% | ||||||||
| 13 | Utah | Neutral | Win | 14 - 7 | 8 - 5 | 5 - 4 | W4 | 4-1 | 85.76 | Utah by 9 | 28% | ||||||||
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