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College Football·Big Ten
Northwestern Wildcats
4-1 · 4-1 ATS · 5-0 O/U
2026 seasonNo. 22 of 138
Offense
Overall rankNo. 21
Points / game35.4No. 37
Yards / game437No. 42
Pass yds / game234No. 64
Rush yds / game203No. 32
Defense
Overall rankNo. 58
Points allowed / game16.2No. 22
Yards allowed / game381No. 98
Yards / play allowed5.3
Penalty yds / game62No. 91
Units
Offensive lineNo. 111
Defensive lineNo. 89
Special teamsNo. 87
Turnover margin+6
Season
Projected record8-4
Schedule so far+2.4No. 26
Schedule left+9.6No. 37
Luck-0.3
FuturesFanDuel · Oct 13
Conference
Win the Big Ten+10000
Playoff
Make the playoff+850
National title
Win it all+25000
2026 games
| Date | Opponent | Result | Line | ATS | O/U | YPP | Opp YPP | TO | |
|---|
| Sep 5 | South Dakota State | W 34-18 | -14 | W | o49.5 | 9.0 | 4.9 | 0-1 | |
| Sep 19 | Colorado | W 41-7 | -3.5 | W | o47.5 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 1-4 | |
| Sep 25 | @ Indiana | L 23-29 | +20.5 | W | o49.5 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 0-0 | |
| Oct 2 | Penn State | W 34-13 | +3 | W | o46.5 | 7.3 | 4.6 | 1-2 | Recap |
| Oct 10 | Ball State | W 45-14 | -34.5 | L | o53.5 | 7.9 | 4.6 | 0-1 | Recap |
Schedule
Fantasy usage
Per-game averages over every game on file. PPR: 1 per catch, 0.1 per rushing or receiving yard, 6 per touchdown, 0.04 per passing yard, 4 per passing touchdown, -2 per interception. Half is half-PPR. Tgt% is the share of the team's targets.
Season leaders
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | G |
|---|
| Aidan Chiles | 80/112 | 1172 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | G |
|---|
| Caleb Komolafe | 60 | 334 | 5.6 | 3 | 5 |
| Joseph Himon II | 23 | 319 | 13.9 | 3 | 5 |
| Gavin Sawchuk | 37 | 194 | 5.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Aidan Chiles | 44 | 73 | 1.7 | 6 | 5 |
| Drew Wagner | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 0 | 5 |
| Nicco Marchiol | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 |
Receiving
| Player | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | G |
|---|
| Griffin Wilde | 26 | 24 | 425 | 3 | 5 |
| Luke Dehnicke | 13 | 11 | 208 | 0 | 3 |
| Drew Wagner | 24 | 16 | 158 | 1 | 5 |
| Alex Honig | 11 | 9 | 145 | 2 | 4 |
| Caleb Komolafe | 7 | 7 | 81 | 0 | 5 |
| Ricky Ahumaraeze | 9 | 5 | 69 | 0 | 4 |
| Joseph Himon II | 7 | 4 | 61 | 3 | 5 |
| Hayden Eligon II | 4 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 2 |
Defense
| Player | Tkl | Sacks | TFL | G |
|---|
| Robert Fitzgerald | 45 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Braydon Brus | 37 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
| Kobie McKinzie | 36 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Ore Adeyi | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Damon Walters | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Montae Pate | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Michael Kilbane | 17 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 4 |
| Braden Turner | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Line, ATS and O/U are from the closing number, from Northwestern's side. YPP is yards per play. TO is turnovers, theirs then the opponent's. Schedule lines show once a book posts them. Overall offense and defense ranks are adjusted for opponent (points and yards per play against the defenses and offenses faced). Offensive line, defensive line and special teams are season rankings built from the play log and the kicking and return tables (line yards, sack and stuff rates, short-yardage conversions; field goals, punting and returns for and against). Schedule so far and left are the average rating of those opponents (points better or worse than an average team), ranked so No. 1 is the hardest. Luck is wins minus the wins this team's points scored and allowed would normally produce. See every team.
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