Northwestern crushes Rutgers however Northwestern is possibly the most fraudulent team my top ten. They only have one loss but their wins look less inspiring every single week. Northwester finally starts to get into the meat of their schedule next week so we will find out if they are contenders or pretenders.

Losing to Indiana hurts as much as beating Michigan State helps. The offense doesn’t run or pass exceptionally well, but they can score, and the defense doesn’t stop the run or pass exceptionally well, but they can stop you from scoring, so here we are.

You beat up Rutgers? You fucking monsters. That doesn’t shift my perception of this squad too much. Oregon, Iowa, Ohio State, Minnesota, Illinois is a hard but not impossible end of the schedule. NW could sneak into the playoffs.

Still have no clue what to make of this team. Only one loss to Indiana, but at the same time they lack a quality win for the resume.

85.526 (6-1)

Best 3 Wins: Penn State, Michigan State, Colorado.
1 Losses: Indiana.
A victory over Rutgers. Congrats. Oregon, Iowa, Ohio State, Minnesota, Illinois feels like the type of finish thats good. Ramp up, find your top then easy wins to finish

6-1. Win over Penn State remains the centerpiece; added a decisive 42-14 win over Rutgers. Only loss is at Indiana.

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+5; they keep winning and it's time to give them some respect

75.277 (6-1) +6, +3.179 42-14 win over Rutgers

0.72612

Up 2

Power: 16, SoR: 20; LW: 21

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Score 70.37 (▲ 2.71) | Place Change: ▲ 5 | Previous Rank: 24th | Wins Composite Rank: 12th | SoS Composite Rank: 51st | Margin of Victory Rank: 15th | Penalties Composite Rank: 82nd | Yardage Composite Rank: 50th | Turnover Composite Rank: 4th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 13th | Other Stats Rank: 82nd

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[6-1, 3-1 B1G] (-) | SOR: #17 | Notable Results: W 34-18 vs FCS #5 South Dakota State [6-2], L 23-29 @ #7 Indiana [7-1], W 24-21 @ Michigan State [2-6] |

Hmph...I guess 6-1 (and almost beating Indiana) should deserve more credit from me...

79.27 | +4

1058.76 (+8)

Northwestern is 6-1 but really lacks a quality win. Their best win is probably over Penn State (3-4). Played close in a loss to Indiana and that's doing a lot of work for them. Got a stretch here where they can prove if they belong higher, with games against Oregon, iowa, and Ohio State.

Northwestern lacks any quality wins, but their only loss was a close one to Indiana.

Bucket F ↓

+2

Have they beat anyone? No, their best win is unironically a Penn St team who hasn't won a P4 game this year. I did have to rank either this team or SMU and SMU lost to the best team who they played as well....but that team was Louisville.... Last Week: #25

6-1 without a marquee win.

LW: 25

Good teams blow out bad ones

T8ᵗʰ W/L, T9ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 10ᵗʰ Team Strength, 17ᵗʰ Quality of Wins

interesting collision course...

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+1 - Rutgers

Tier 4.

Decisive win over Rutgers.

68.66%

net elo off def ridge fei conf
+12.0 +12.5 32.0 19.5 +10.3 +13.2 Big Ten

I really like this Northwestern team. I put them above Boise State because they've had a harder schedule.

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1648 points.

9/3

732

Added in for #22 Penn State