Northwestern

Big Ten · 6-1 · RankSlate FBS No. 15 · Not in the current bracket projection

Home field: Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium · Evanston, IL

Results

Season

2026: 6-1 overall, 3-1 in conference

Date	Opponent	Where	Result
2026-09-06	vs South Dakota State	Evanston, IL	W 34-18
2026-09-19	vs Colorado	Evanston, IL	W 41-7
2026-09-26	at Indiana	Bloomington, IN	L 23-29
2026-10-03	vs Penn State	Evanston, IL	W 34-13
2026-10-10	vs Ball State	Evanston, IL	W 45-14
2026-10-17	at Michigan State	East Lansing, MI	W 24-21
2026-10-24	vs Rutgers	Evanston, IL	W 42-14
2026-10-31	at Oregon	Eugene, OR	scheduled
2026-11-07	vs Iowa	Evanston, IL	scheduled
2026-11-14	at Ohio State	Columbus, OH	scheduled
2026-11-21	at Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN	scheduled
2026-11-28	vs Illinois	Evanston, IL	scheduled

2025: 7-6 overall, 4-5 in conference

Date	Opponent	Where	Result
2025-08-30	at Tulane	New Orleans, LA	L 3-23
2025-09-05	vs Western Illinois	Evanston, IL	W 42-7
2025-09-13	vs Oregon	Evanston, IL	L 14-34
2025-09-27	vs UCLA	Evanston, IL	W 17-14
2025-10-04	vs UL Monroe	Evanston, IL	W 42-7
2025-10-11	at Penn State	University Park, PA	W 22-21
2025-10-18	vs Purdue	Evanston, IL	W 19-0
2025-10-25	at Nebraska	Lincoln, NE	L 21-28
2025-11-08	at USC	Los Angeles, CA	L 17-38
2025-11-15	vs Michigan	Chicago, IL	L 22-24
2025-11-22	vs Minnesota	Chicago, IL	W 38-35
2025-11-30	at Illinois	Champaign, IL	L 13-20
Postseason
2025-12-26	N Central Michigan	GameAbove Sports Bowl	W 34-7

2024: 4-8 overall, 2-7 in conference

Date	Opponent	Where	Result
2024-08-31	vs Miami (OH)	Evanston, IL	W 13-6
2024-09-07	vs Duke	Evanston, IL	L 20-26
2024-09-14	vs Eastern Illinois	Evanston, IL	W 31-7
2024-09-21	at Washington	Seattle, WA	L 5-24
2024-10-05	vs Indiana	Evanston, IL	L 24-41
2024-10-12	at Maryland	College Park, MD	W 37-10
2024-10-19	vs Wisconsin	Evanston, IL	L 3-23
2024-10-26	at Iowa	Iowa City, IA	L 14-40
2024-11-02	at Purdue	West Lafayette, IN	W 26-20
2024-11-16	vs Ohio State	Chicago, IL	L 7-31
2024-11-23	at Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	L 6-50
2024-11-30	N Illinois	Chicago, IL	L 28-38