Northwestern
Northwestern Wildcats (2-0)
Big Ten (0-0)
Live ELO
62
Up 19 since
SUN, SEP 13th

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
Texas
 171.7
25
Clemson
 97.9
43
Kansas State
 47.7
44
North Dakota State
 44.6
45
West Virginia
 39.0
46
UCLA
 31.6
47
Georgia Tech
 23.5
48
Arizona State
 22.8
49
Mississippi State
 16.1
50
South Florida
 15.1
51
Western Michigan
 14.9
52
Cincinnati
 13.2
53
Appalachian State
 12.2
54
North Carolina State
 11.4
55
Florida State
 10.1
56
North Carolina
 9.4
57
Michigan State
 7.4
58
Iowa State
 6.9
59
Marshall
 6.4
60
New Mexico
 4.0
61
UNLV
 0.8
62
Northwestern
 -
63
Colorado
 -0.6
64
Wisconsin
 -0.9
65
California
 -0.9
66
Louisiana
 -1.3
67
Baylor
 -5.2
68
Kentucky
 -7.2
69
Tulsa
 -10.6
70
Minnesota
 -10.6
71
Colorado State
 -13.4
72
UTSA
 -13.6
73
Connecticut
 -16.5
74
Boston College
 -17.4
75
Jacksonville State
 -18.7
76
Liberty
 -18.9
77
Toledo
 -19.3
78
Fresno State
 -21.1
79
Delaware
 -21.1
80
South Alabama
 -22.5
81
Navy
 -23.6
100
East Carolina
 -52.5
125
Western Kentucky
 -94.0

Direct Impact Games

FOX
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Colorado
(2-1, 0-0 Big 12)		 0 0 7 0 7
Northwestern
(2-0, 0-0 Big Ten)		 7 14 14 6 41
Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium
Northwestern Wins:
Northwestern Loses:
25.0 ELO Points
-25.0 ELO Points