I think if CFB voters were more comfortable with ranking teams after a close loss like CBB voters are, Northwestern would absolutely be in this week. They were decent last year, looked really good in their first two games, and if anything looked *better* in a one-score road loss at the reigning national champs with questionable officiating. But they'll lose votes for it in most rankings, because people get SEC war flashbacks whenever they hear the phrase "quality loss".

Up 5 - tough loss at #3

Quality loss against Indiana and a big win over Colorado, the nerds in Evanston are doing better than we thought.

Lost at Indiana by 6 and beat Colorado 41-7; the score model rates it highly.

NR (The rare lose and enter the Top 25. Northwestern look good. The wins over South Dakota State and Colorado are impressive, and that performance against Indiana was extremely gutsy, and there were points in that game where they looked like the better team. They deserve to be ranked.)