Northwestern Wildcats
FBS
Big Ten Conference · NU
Team Vitals
+6.2
power · 2026 · #64 D1
+0.3 / +5.8
off / def (higher = better)
7–6
2025 record
112
roster (2025)
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-05 | Wk 1 | South Dakota State FCS | HOME | Northwestern 55% |
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Colorado FBS | HOME | Northwestern 61% |
| 2026-09-25 | Wk 4 | Indiana FBS | AWAY | Indiana 81% |
| 2026-10-02 | Wk 5 | Penn State FBS | HOME | Penn State 58% |
| 2026-10-10 | Wk 6 | Ball State FBS | HOME | Northwestern 76% |
| 2026-10-17 | Wk 7 | Michigan State FBS | AWAY | Northwestern 50% |
| 2026-10-24 | Wk 8 | Rutgers FBS | HOME | Northwestern 57% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | Oregon FBS | AWAY | Oregon 77% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | Iowa FBS | HOME | Iowa 58% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | Ohio State FBS | AWAY | Ohio State 79% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | Minnesota FBS | AWAY | Minnesota 52% |
| 2026-11-28 | Wk 13 | Illinois FBS | HOME | Illinois 54% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-26 | 2025 | Bowl | Central Michigan vs | W | 34–7 |
| 2025-11-29 | 2025 | Wk 14 | Illinois @ | L | 13–20 |
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | Minnesota vs | W | 38–35 |
| 2025-11-15 | 2025 | Wk 12 | Michigan vs | L | 22–24 |
| 2025-11-07 | 2025 | Wk 11 | USC @ | L | 17–38 |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025 | Wk 9 | Nebraska @ | L | 21–28 |
| 2025-10-18 | 2025 | Wk 8 | Purdue vs | W | 19–0 |
| 2025-10-11 | 2025 | Wk 7 | Penn State @ | W | 22–21 |
| 2025-10-04 | 2025 | Wk 6 | UL Monroe vs | W | 42–7 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025 | Wk 5 | UCLA vs | W | 17–14 |
| 2025-09-13 | 2025 | Wk 3 | Oregon vs | L | 14–34 |
| 2025-09-05 | 2025 | Wk 2 | Western Illinois vs | W | 42–7 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 6 | 304 | 258 | +46 |
| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 214 | 316 | -102 |
| 2023 | 8 | 5 | 287 | 293 | -6 |
| 2022 | 1 | 11 | 165 | 340 | -175 |
| 2021 | 3 | 9 | 199 | 348 | -149 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2 | 222 | 143 | +79 |
| 2019 | 3 | 9 | 196 | 283 | -87 |
| 2018 | 9 | 5 | 339 | 325 | +14 |
| 2017 | 10 | 3 | 380 | 261 | +119 |
| 2016 | 7 | 6 | 338 | 289 | +49 |
| 2015 | 10 | 3 | 254 | 242 | +12 |
Injuries
None reported.
Player grades 2025 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). 2025 is the last season played, so these describe that team, not this year's. OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2025 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Fitzgerald | DB | 91 | #11 | 12 | 109 tkl · 3 PD · 1 INT |
| Caleb Komolafe | RB | 78 | #65 | 11 | 886 rush yds · 10 TD · 9 rec |
| Griffin Wilde | WR | 77 | #89 | 12 | 61 rec · 783 yds · 6 TD |
| Mac Uihlein | LB | 77 | #76 | 12 | 92 tkl · 5.0 TFL |
| Michael Kilbane | DL | 76 | #105 | 11 | 39 tkl · 3.5 sacks · 7.5 TFL |
| Aidan Hubbard | DL | 71 | #214 | 10 | 25 tkl · 4.5 sacks · 7.0 TFL |
| Braydon Brus | LB | 70 | #194 | 12 | 70 tkl · 2.5 sacks · 4.5 TFL |
| Jack Olsen | K | 68 | #61 | 11 | 19 FG · 20 XP · 77 pts |
| Josh Fussell | DB | 67 | #406 | 9 | 28 tkl · 9 PD |
| Preston Stone | QB | 66 | #148 | 12 | 2,174 pass yds · 14 TD · 12 INT |
| Carmine Bastone | DL | 65 | #405 | 11 | 28 tkl · 2.5 sacks · 4.0 TFL |
| Hunter Welcing | TE | 65 | #141 | 11 | 27 rec · 283 yds · 2 TD |
| Luke Akers | P | 64 | #56 | 12 | 32 punts · 45.4 yd avg |
| Cam Porter | RB | 64 | #352 | 2 | 137 rush yds · 1 TD · 3 rec |
| Hayden Eligon II | WR | 64 | #464 | 11 | 34 rec · 476 yds · 3 TD |
| Braden Turner | DB | 64 | #606 | 12 | 50 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT |
| Joseph Himon II | RB | 62 | #409 | 11 | 486 rush yds · 1 TD · 21 rec |
| Garner Wallace | DB | 60 | #838 | 11 | 49 tkl · 1 PD |
| Fred Davis II | DB | 60 | #852 | 10 | 31 tkl · 6 PD |
| Ore Adeyi | DB | 58 | #1013 | 8 | 16 tkl · 5 PD · 1 INT |
| Brendan Flakes | DL | 56 | #930 | 7 | 18 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Dashun Reeder | RB | 56 | #691 | 6 | 222 rush yds · 1 TD |
| Caden O'Rourke | DL | 53 | #1105 | 1 | 2 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Drew Wagner | WR | 53 | #1117 | 9 | 22 rec · 172 yds · 2 TD |
| Jason Reynolds II | LB | 52 | #922 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Najee Story | DL | 52 | #1214 | 10 | 19 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Martes Lewis team-inferred | OL | 51 | #221 | 1 | — |
| Liam Reardon team-inferred | OL | 51 | #220 | 3 | — |
| Yanni Karlaftis | LB | 51 | #962 | 4 | 11 tkl |
| Alex Lines | TE | 50 | #462 | 2 | 4 rec · 14 yds |
| Carson Grove | WR | 49 | #1362 | 1 | 1 rec · 7 yds |
| Anto Saka | DL | 48 | #1445 | 10 | 13 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 4.0 TFL |
| Evan Smith | DB | 47 | #1931 | 3 | 6 tkl · 1 PD |
| Sean Martin | DB | 44 | #2127 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Jalen Lewis | DB | 44 | #2167 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Richie Hagarty | DL | 43 | #1795 | 7 | 14 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Marquet Dorsey Jr. | DB | 43 | #2232 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Frank Covey IV | WR | 42 | #1840 | 2 | 2 rec · 22 yds |
| Blake Van Buren | TE | 42 | #635 | 1 | — |
| Daniel Anderson | RB | 41 | #1441 | 2 | 9 rush yds |