Northwestern Football Schedule 2026

2026 results · Updated 2026-10-10

NW this season

Record

3-1 · 4 played

Points

132 scored · 67 allowed

Latest result

Oct 2 vs Penn State Nittany Lions · 34–13

Current / next fixture

Oct 17 at Michigan State Spartans

AP Top 25 · 2026-09-27

Unranked

Schedule guide · Reviewed 2026-10-11

Reading the Northwestern schedule

Next matchup

Northwestern plays next against Michigan State Spartans on Saturday, October 17, 2026, on the road. Kickoff is 12:00 PM EDT. TV coverage is TBD.

Home and away stretches

Northwestern’s Ohio State and Minnesota trips are successive away fixtures after Iowa visits. Illinois closes the schedule at home. Oregon is another road game earlier in that final five-game stretch.

This closing stretch runs from Sat, Oct 31 through Sat, Nov 28. Dates are shown in Eastern time; successive fixtures may have an open week between them.

Rivalry and event dates

• Land of Lincoln Trophy: Sat, Nov 28 — vs. Illinois Fighting Illini · kickoff TBD

What remains unannounced in our listings

• Sat, Oct 17 — at Michigan State Spartans: TV network TBD.
• Sat, Oct 24 — vs. Rutgers Scarlet Knights: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Sat, Oct 31 — at Oregon Ducks: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Sat, Nov 7 — vs. Iowa Hawkeyes: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Sat, Nov 14 — at Ohio State Buckeyes: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Sat, Nov 21 — at Minnesota Golden Gophers: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Sat, Nov 28 — vs. Illinois Fighting Illini: kickoff time, TV network TBD.

This guide interprets the published fixture list. Schedule data snapshot: 2026-10-10; results are recorded through October 9. New broadcaster selections and results may not yet be reflected here.

Confirmed finals through 2026-10-10

Team scoring

Record

3-1

Games played

4

Points scored

132

Points allowed

67

Points per game

33.0

Points allowed per game

16.8

Point differential

+65

These figures include only the confirmed final scores in the schedule above. Player yards and individual leaders are not included because those figures have not been sourced here.