Thanks Mike. If I am reading this correctly, this means NU played the sixth hardest schedule in the Big Ten. Not as great as I thought.
Maryland (4)
Minnesota (27)
Purdue (29)
Illinois (32)
Michigan (41)
Northwestern (44)
Nebraska (45)
Rutgers (51)
Michigan State (53)
Penn State (54)
Indiana (56)
Ohio State (61)
Iowa (62)
Wisconsin (70)
If you remove those teams that are not bowl eligible, and I do because they can't play themselves and have their SOS weakened because of it, we move to second in the Big Ten.
Michigan (41)
Northwestern (44)
Michigan State (53)
Penn State (54)
Ohio State (61)
Iowa (62)
Wisconsin (70)