Upcoming ELO Impact Games for Northwestern College Football | WarrenNolan.com

Northwestern Wildcats (6-2)

Big Ten (3-2)

Live ELO

48

Down 2 since
SUN, NOV 1st

Northwestern

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	Miami (FL)	180.6
25	South Carolina	62.3
29	Clemson	48.1
30	New Mexico	47.3
31	Memphis	46.8
32	Washington	46.7
33	Oklahoma	45.6
34	Virginia Tech	42.7
35	UTSA	42.3
36	Illinois	32.9
37	Duke	23.9
38	Liberty	22.2
39	Auburn	18.9
40	Texas A&M	18.8
41	Oklahoma State	10.4
42	Jacksonville State	9.4
43	Ohio	6.5
44	James Madison	5.0
45	UNLV	4.3
46	Penn State	4.0
47	Toledo	3.5
48	Northwestern	-
49	Wisconsin	-0.5
50	Nebraska	-1.2
51	Western Michigan	-5.6
52	Minnesota	-6.1
53	North Dakota State	-7.0
54	Pittsburgh	-7.2
55	TCU	-7.5
56	Buffalo	-9.0
57	North Texas	-11.4
58	Air Force	-13.9
59	Louisiana Tech	-16.5
60	West Virginia	-17.8
61	North Carolina State	-20.0
62	Iowa State	-28.1
63	South Florida	-29.1
64	Cincinnati	-31.1
65	Baylor	-32.3
66	Arizona State	-32.7
67	Syracuse	-36.3
75	Wyoming	-52.6
100	Troy	-104.4
125	Kent State	-183.9

Direct Impact Games

	7:30 PM		1	2	3	4	T
		21 Iowa (6-2, 3-2 Big Ten)					0
		Northwestern (6-2, 3-2 Big Ten)					0

Northwestern Wins:
Northwestern Loses:

31.4 ELO Points
-18.6 ELO Points