In fact the highest ranking Northwestern has had since then.
1)Coming off a big win on ABC nationally televised mid-afternoon slot
2) Going on the road to play a struggling big ten team immediately after
3) Week 6 of Big Ten season
To be fair he’s right.
One of these games Northwestern won’t get the bounces (turnovers and penalties) and their lack of offense will expose them. You can’t go undefeated in conference play with this offense.
I expect MSU to win comfortably.
93rd ranked offense in S&P+ vs the 109th ranked offense
#1 ranked defense vs 29th ranked defense.
Home field advantage for Sparty and coming off a bye. Take those points. It is going to be another slogfest.
It’s hard to believe but the teams with the fewest amount of trophy games in the conference is Northwestern and Ohio State. Both trophy games are with Illinois.