2013 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 22
AP	No. 22

2013 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Legends Division
No. 3 Michigan State x$		8	-	0					13	-	1
Iowa		5	-	3					8	-	5
Nebraska		5	-	3					9	-	4
Minnesota		4	-	4					8	-	5
Michigan		3	-	5					7	-	6
Northwestern		1	-	7					5	-	7
Leaders Division
No. 12 Ohio State x%		8	-	0					12	-	2
No. 22 Wisconsin		6	-	2					9	-	4
Penn State*		4	-	4					7	-	5
Indiana		3	-	5					5	-	7
Illinois		1	-	7					4	-	8
Purdue		0	-	8					1	-	11
Championship: Michigan State 34, Ohio State 24
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Penn State ineligible for conference championship game and post-season bowl games due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Northwestern Wildcats football team represents Northwestern University during the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Pat Fitzgerald, in his eighth season at Northwestern, is the team's head coach. The Wildcats home games are played at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois. They are members of the Legends Division of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

The Wildcats won their first bowl game since the 1949 Rose Bowl against California by defeating Mississippi State in the Gator Bowl 34–20.

Zeitplan

August 319:30 PMat California*No. 22

• California Memorial Stadium
• Berkeley, CA

ESPN2   September 75:00 PMSyracuse*

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

BTN   September 148:00 PMWestern Michigan*

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

BTN   September 21Maine*

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

  October 57:00 PMOhio State

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

ABC, ESPN or ESPN2   October 122:30 PMat Wisconsin

• Camp Randall Stadium
• Madison, WI

  October 19Minnesota

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

  October 26at Iowa

• Kinnick Stadium
• Iowa City, IA

  November 2at Nebraska

• Memorial Stadium
• Lincoln, NE

  November 16Michigan

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

  November 23Michigan State

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

  November 30at Illinois

• Memorial Stadium
• Champaign, IL (Land of Lincoln Trophy)

 

Rankings

See also: 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	22
Coaches	22
Harris	Not released															Not released
BCS	Not released															Not released