As of kickoff
Week 6 · BTN · Ryan Field
Evanston, IL · 79° Cloudy · 8 mph
All-time series
Ball State 0 – 2 Northwestern
2 since 2015 · NU 2 straight
Last 2026 Northwestern 45–14
Picks · locked at kickoff
Sign in to pick next week’s games. We had Northwestern · hit.
We
Northwestern by 38.9
Close
Northwestern by 34.8
Final
Northwestern by 31
Winner
hit
Got right — the winner (Northwestern).
Missed — the number — market was closer (4 pts off vs our 8).
Ball State
14
Final
Northwestern won
Northwestern
45
How it was won
- 1.Chiles pass complete deep left to Honig, for 32 yards, touchdown
- 2.Northwestern converted 4 of 9 third downs; Ball State went 5 of 17.
- 3.Ball State turned it over 1 time; Northwestern did not.
The Matchup
Ball StatevsNorthwestern
55
QB
871 yds · 6 TD · 4 INT
QB
NU +2883
QB
1,172 yds · 9 TD · 0 INT
73
LB
31 tkl · 1.5 TFL · 1.5 sacks
LB
NU +1386
LB
37 tkl · 9 TFL · 3 sacks
70
DB
10 tkl · 1 INT · 2 PD
DB
NU +1686
DB
45 tkl · 2 INT · 2 PD
Same job, both sides — who is most likely to play, not the highest chip. Listed Out is skipped; Questionable stays in.
Opened Northwestern -36.3, now -36.3: unchanged
Model track record
A public, timestamped record of every prediction vs. the market starts with the next update. Never gated.