| Omni Rankings™ | 2024 College football | through 1/4/25 games | |||||||||||||||||
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| Northwestern schedule | Rating: 78.00 (D-I #94) Projected season record: 4 - 8 overall, 2 - 7 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 | Miami (OH) | Home | Win | 13 - 6 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | W1 | 79.78 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Duke | Home | Loss | 20 - 26 | 2OT | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | L1 | 80.35 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Eastern Illinois | Home | Win | 31 - 7 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | W1 | 79.16 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Washington | Road | Loss | 5 - 24 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 1 | L1 | 78.75 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Indiana | Home | Loss | 24 - 41 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 2 | L2 | 2-3 | 78.54 | Indiana by 16 | 17% | ||||||||
| 6 | Maryland | Road | Win | 37 - 10 | 3 - 3 | 1 - 2 | W1 | 2-3 | 84.33 | Maryland by 16 | 17% | ||||||||
| 7 | Wisconsin | Home | Loss | 3 - 23 | 3 - 4 | 1 - 3 | L1 | 2-3 | 82.64 | Wisconsin by 6 | 34% | ||||||||
| 8 | Iowa | Road | Loss | 14 - 40 | 3 - 5 | 1 - 4 | L2 | 1-4 | 81.17 | Iowa by 14 | 20% | ||||||||
| 9 | Purdue | Road | Win | 26 - 20 | OT | 4 - 5 | 2 - 4 | W1 | 2-3 | 80.23 | Northwestern by 8 | 70% | |||||||
| 10 | Ohio State | Home | Loss | 7 - 31 | 4 - 6 | 2 - 5 | L1 | 2-3 | 80.26 | Ohio State by 24 | 8% | ||||||||
| 11 | Michigan | Road | Loss | 6 - 50 | 4 - 7 | 2 - 6 | L2 | 1-4 | 77.96 | Michigan by 14 | 20% | ||||||||
| 12 | Illinois | Home | Loss | 28 - 38 | 4 - 8 | 2 - 7 | L3 | 1-4 | 78.00 | Illinois by 10 | 26% | ||||||||
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