On November 23, the Northwestern Wildcats will play Michigan — a highlight of their college football schedule in 2024. The full slate is in this article.

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2024 Northwestern Game and TV Schedule

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Northwestern 2024 Strength of Schedule

• Taking into account their opponents’ combined win total last season (88), the Wildcats have the sixth-toughest schedule in college football.
• Northwestern will face the 12th-hardest schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this year (80).
• The Wildcats will face the third-toughest conference schedule in college football, based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last season (71).
• Northwestern will play eight games this season against teams that finished above .500 in 2023. That schedule includes five teams that had nine or more victories and one squad with three or fewer wins last season.
• The Wildcats have eight games scheduled against teams that made a bowl game last year.

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Northwestern Stat Insights (2023)

• While the Wildcats ranked 36th in total defense with 340.8 yards allowed per game last season, they were slightly worse on offense, ranking 10th-worst (303.9 yards per game).
• Despite sporting a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked 94th-worst in FBS last season (22.5 points allowed per game), Northwestern had more success on the other side of the ball, ranking 106th in FBS by averaging 22.1 points per game.
• The Wildcats ranked 96th in passing yards last year (202 per game), but they thrived on defense, ranking 15th-best in FBS with 182.9 passing yards allowed per game.
• Northwestern ranked 13th-worst in rushing offense (101.9 rushing yards per game) last season, but it played better on defense, ranking 80th with 157.8 rushing yards allowed per game.
• Northwestern forced 22 total turnovers (25th in FBS) last season and turned it over nine times (sixth in FBS) for a turnover margin of +13, the third-best in college football.

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