Our side
MoneylineIU to win
ours 85%
Projected score
16–34
NU – IU
2026-09-25 · 8:00 PM
Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN) · Bloomington, IN
B1G game
Early season
The books
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Series
Northwestern lead
47–36–1
· 84 meetings since 1899
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Indiana Hoosiers
77 ranks
Northwestern Wildcats #79 rush offense
Indiana Hoosiers #2 run defense
Pass game
edge Indiana Hoosiers
104 ranks
Northwestern Wildcats #170 pass offense
Indiana Hoosiers #66 pass defense
Run game
edge Indiana Hoosiers
168 ranks
Indiana Hoosiers #45 rush offense
Northwestern Wildcats #213 run defense
Pass game
edge Indiana Hoosiers
100 ranks
Indiana Hoosiers #8 pass offense
Northwestern Wildcats #108 pass defense
Northwestern Wildcats
Balanced · 56% run
Ball-control
Indiana Hoosiers
Run-heavy · 58% run
Ball-control
David Braun · 19-19
Curt Cignetti · 46-6
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
Northwestern Wildcats
DB
Braden Turner
7 tkl · 3 PD
#97 DB
DB
Robert Fitzgerald
14 tkl · 1 PD
#113 DB
DB
Damon Walters
9 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT
#114 DB
DL
Brendan Flakes
4 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL
#225 DL
Indiana Hoosiers
LB
Rolijah Hardy
12 tkl · 1.0 TFL
#15 LB
WR
Charlie Becker
7 rec · 145 yds · 5 TD
#21 WR
RB
Turbo Richard
166 rush yds · 3 TD · 2 rec
#34 RB
DL
Tobi Osunsanmi
6 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.5 TFL
#181 DL
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Northwestern offense vs Indiana defense-11.8 pts
Indiana offense vs Northwestern defense+5.2 pts
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.