The MRI
2026 · Week 2

Northwestern · 2005

7–5 · #42 of 119 · MRI 40.88 · MRI Classic

OpponentResult
vs Ohio W 38–14
vs Northern Illinois W 38–37
at Arizona State L 21–52
vs Penn State L 29–34
vs Wisconsin W 51–48
at Purdue W 34–29
at Michigan State W 49–14
vs Michigan L 17–33
vs Iowa W 28–27
at Ohio State L 7–48
at Illinois W 38–21
at UCLA L 38–50

No expected-margin column for this season: MRI 2.0 rates college football from 2020 onward, and these games were rated by the original formula, which scores a result rather than predicting one.

The workbook for this season carries no dates, so games are listed in the order it recorded them rather than chronologically.

Northwestern · 2005 rankings