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Lock of the Century Eleven seasons. Seventy-seven methods. One ladder.

Teams

Northwestern

Big Ten · 2025

Lined games 6-6Final FBR rank #42 (best #33)Rankings →
#1#113Week 0 · Aug 24: #90Week 1 · Aug 31: #111Week 1 · Sep 2: #111Week 2 · Sep 7: #90Week 3 · Sep 14: #101Week 4 · Sep 21: #100Week 5 · Sep 28: #75Week 6 · Oct 5: #53Week 7 · Oct 12: #38Week 8 · Oct 19: #33Week 9 · Oct 26: #43Week 10 · Nov 2: #46Week 11 · Nov 9: #50Week 12 · Nov 16: #48Week 13 · Nov 23: #43Week 14 · Nov 30: #50Week 15 · Dec 7: #50Week 16 · Dec 14: #50Week 17 · Dec 21: #42Week 17 · Dec 23: #50Week 18 · Dec 28: #42Week 18 · Dec 30: #41Week 19 · Jan 4: #42Week 20 · Jan 11: #42Week 21 · Jan 20: #42#42

Records

2025All time
Straight up6-6 (50.0%)60-63 (48.8%)
Against the spread7-4-1 (63.6%)66-55-2 (54.5%)
Model bets on their games (ATS)6-4-0 (60.0%)65-36-1 (64.4%)
Model picked them (ATS)5-2-0 (71.4%)36-17-0 (67.9%)
Model faded them (ATS)1-2-0 (33.3%)29-19-1 (60.4%)
Model picked them (SU)5-0 (100.0%)38-6 (86.4%)
Model faded them (SU)5-1 (83.3%)53-18 (74.6%)

Game log

DateOpponentLocResultFBRCloseTierATS pickSU pick
Aug 30TulaneatL by 200.0-4.5BaseNorthwestern +4.5 L
Sep 13OregonvsL by 20-16.0-26.5LockNorthwestern +26.5 WOregon W
Sep 27UCLAvsW by 3+9.5+6.5BaseNorthwestern -6.5 LNorthwestern W
Oct 4UL MonroevsW by 35-2.5+11.5LockUL Monroe +11.5 LUL Monroe L
Oct 11Penn StateatW by 1+0.5-21.5MillenniumNorthwestern +21.5 WNorthwestern W
Oct 18PurduevsW by 19+12.5+2.5LockNorthwestern -2.5 WNorthwestern W
Oct 25NebraskaatL by 7-3.5-7.5BaseNorthwestern +7.5 WNebraska W
Nov 7USCatL by 21-27.0-14.5LockUSC -14.5 WUSC W
Nov 15MichiganvsL by 2-21.0-10.0LockMichigan -10.0 LMichigan W
Nov 22MinnesotavsW by 3+3.5+4.0Northwestern W
Nov 29IllinoisatL by 7-6.0-7.0Illinois W
Dec 26Central MichiganNW by 27+15.5+10.5BaseNorthwestern -10.5 WNorthwestern W

FBR and Close are shown from Northwestern’s perspective: + = Northwestern favored.