Northwestern
Northwestern Wildcats (0-0)
Big Ten (0-0)
Live ELO
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TUE, JAN 20th

2026 Northwestern Wildcats Impact Games

Impact Games are games that can move a team up or down the ELO Ladder (increase or decrease ELO Rank).
Direct Impact Games are head-to-head matchups for the team.

ELO Ladder

ELO Team ELO Pts
Needed
1
Ohio State
 155.7
25
Utah
 106.9
50
Western Michigan
 27.0
56
Minnesota
 18.9
57
Boise State
 18.0
58
Wake Forest
 17.1
59
South Florida
 15.3
60
Kennesaw State
 14.4
61
New Mexico
 13.5
62
Pittsburgh
 12.6
63
UNLV
 11.7
64
Connecticut
 9.9
65
Hawaii
 9.0
66
Kent State
 8.5
67
Fresno State
 8.1
68
Jacksonville State
 7.2
69
Akron
 5.4
69
Western Kentucky
 5.4
71
San Diego State
 4.5
72
Army
 3.6
73
UTSA
 1.8
74
Toledo
 0.9
75
Northwestern
 -
76
Arkansas State
 -2.7
77
Air Force
 -4.0
78
Georgia Southern
 -4.5
79
Memphis
 -6.3
80
Louisiana Tech
 -7.2
81
Washington State
 -8.1
82
Texas State
 -9.9
83
Cincinnati
 -10.8
84
California
 -11.7
85
Buffalo
 -13.5
86
Kentucky
 -14.4
87
Troy
 -15.3
88
Wisconsin
 -16.2
89
Rice
 -16.6
90
South Alabama
 -19.8
90
FIU
 -19.8
92
Miami (OH)
 -20.7
93
Delaware
 -21.6
94
Baylor
 -23.4
100
Central Michigan
 -29.7
125
New Mexico State
 -96.1

Direct Impact Games

BTN
8:00 PM 1 2 3 4 T
South Dakota State
(0-0, 0-0 Missouri Valley)		 0
Northwestern
(0-0, 0-0 Big Ten)		 0
Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium
Northwestern Wins:
Northwestern Loses:
23.8 ELO Points
-26.2 ELO Points