Northwestern (6-1)

Northwestern's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Indiana            922.8 LOSS   23-29          7- 1 Division I FBS
>> Northwestern       843.0 <<                    6- 1 Division I FBS
   Penn State         771.1 WIN    34-13    +     3- 4 Division I FBS
   Michigan St.       752.4 WIN    24-21          2- 6 Division I FBS
   Colorado           730.0 WIN    41-7     -     2- 5 Division I FBS
   S. Dakota St.      704.7 WIN    34-18    -     6- 2 Division I FCS
   Rutgers            671.7 WIN    42-14    -     2- 5 Division I FBS
   Ball St.           660.0 WIN    45-14    -     3- 5 Division I FBS
Games against teams within about 100 rating points are often the best indicators of a team's actual strength.

"Effect" ranges from "---", a game that caused a large decrease in the team rating, to "+++", a game that produced a large increase in rating.

Note that wins over very weak teams may actually hurt a team's rating (the opposite is true for losses to very good teams).