The MRI
2026 · Week 2

Northwestern · 2018

9–5 · #40 of 130 · MRI 41.01 · MRI Classic

DateOpponentResult
at Utah W 31–20
08-30 at Purdue W 31–27
09-08 vs Duke L 7–21
09-15 vs Akron L 34–39
09-29 vs Michigan L 17–20
10-06 at Michigan State W 29–19
10-13 vs Nebraska W 34–31
10-20 at Rutgers W 18–15
10-27 vs Wisconsin W 31–17
11-03 vs Notre Dame L 21–31
11-10 at Iowa W 14–10
11-17 at Minnesota W 24–14
11-24 vs Illinois W 24–16
12-01 at Ohio State L 24–45

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.

1 of these games carry no date in the source workbook; they sort to the top rather than into the season.

Northwestern · 2018 rankings