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75
▲ Above its 5-year level +14▲ Up 3 this season
Career64since 1936
Peak881940
Last 561seasons
#31 nationally · 4-1 (1-1 conf)
Résumé #24
Schedule so far #65
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
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Northwestern Wildcats

Big Ten · Evanston, IL · Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium · Head coach David Braun
Rival
Heated rivalry
55-59-5 all time (119 meetings since 1892)
Illinois leads
Last: lost 20-13 (2025) · Illinois has won 2 straight
Wants it back
program traits are earned from history
No recognized national titles since 1936. Counted: AP poll champion, a coaches-poll champion, or the BCS / playoff title-game winner; a split year counts for both.0national titles
Heisman Trophy winners0Heisman
Seasons finishing in the AP top 10 since 19366AP top-10
Consensus All-Americans since 19368All-Americans
NFL draft picks since 196768NFL picks
Winning percentage since 193641.1%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1892. Every season →
Chemistry
Chem 65: typical65
Chem 62: typical
62Foundation
Chem 69: typical
69Gel
gel counts 40% so far
at its usual level
early · #32 of 138
HC year4
Ret. starters46%
QB yrs w/ OC1
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Class of 2027 · 21 commitspotential: what recruits like him became
ATH
Lincoln Cook
Kintnersville, PA
★★★★0.892pot74
CB
Cristian Mbamarah
Aurora, CO
★★★0.890pot77
IOL
Cade Reikowski
Pewaukee, WI
★★★0.886pot74
OT
Caleb Siler
Gunter, TX
★★★0.884pot75
LB
Nolan Buirley
Sunbury, OH
★★★0.882pot73
CB
Kingston Thornton
Dallas, TX
★★★0.879pot71
RB
Kenyon Norman
West Chester, OH
★★★0.878pot74
S
Marcus Turpin
Baltimore, MD
★★★0.877pot74
OT
Josiah Wallace
Glen Ellyn, IL
★★★0.876pot71
ATH
Kyle Davis
North Bethesda, MD
★★★0.871pot72
OT
Andrew Davalla
Cleveland, OH
★★★0.870pot70
EDGE
Jared Zames
Tampa, FL
★★★0.867pot76
TE
Wyatt Frey
Nelson, NE
★★★0.867pot71
LB
Jack Frassetto
Lawrenceville, NJ
★★★0.863pot67
ATH
Amir Hogans
Princeton, NJ
★★★0.863pot75
DL
Jaiden Davis
Middletown, OH
★★★0.862pot70
DL
Tyler Frederick
Washington, DC
★★★0.862pot66
ATH
Jordan Cason
Starke, FL
★★★0.860pot66
LB
Blake Loughlin
Shakopee, MN
★★★0.858pot71
TE
Brady Johnson
Glen Ellyn, IL
★★★0.854pot69
QB
RJ Day
Columbus, OH
★★★0.844pot67
Every class · national rank by total rating
ClassRankCommitsAvg ratingTop recruit
2027#35210.871Lincoln Cook ATH ★★★★
2026#53220.867Jaden McDuffie WR ★★★★
2025#53220.852Daniel Anderson RB ★★★
2024#70180.844Patrick Schaller TE ★★★
2023#54190.867Nigel Glover LB ★★★★
2022#62160.870Reggie Fleurima WR ★★★★
2021#90160.866Jordan Mosley WR ★★★★
2020#77190.859Peter Skoronski OC ★★★★
2019#77190.864Genson Hooper-Price WR ★★★
2018#93180.854Devin O'Rourke SDE ★★★★
2017#41230.841Earnest Brown SDE ★★★★
2016#61200.848Jeremy Larkin RB ★★★
2015#107100.827John Moten RB ★★★
2014#114110.865Parrker Westphal CB ★★★★
2013#97130.844Matt Alviti DUAL ★★★★
2012#37210.838Ifeadi Odenigbo OLB ★★★★