Northwestern in the Polls

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Northwestern 1998-2008
Team	AP L's	AP +/-	AP diff avg	leasts	mosts	Co L's	Co +/-	Co diff avg	leasts	mosts	AP-CO diff	All L's	All +/-	Tot. Avg
Northwestern	8	-6.6	-0.8	1	4	10	-4.2	-0.4	0	2	2.4	18	-10.8	-0.6

Northwestern Losses while in the Top 25, 1998-2008
date	AP rk	CO rk	vs/@	oAP rk	oCO rk	oConf	Opponent	MoL	AP drop	avg	diff	CO drop	avg	diff
10/14/00	#17	#18	vs	#21	#21	Big10	Purdue	28-41	-8	-10.1	02.1	-8	-08.8	00.8
11/11/00	#12	#18	@	NR	NR	Big10	Iowa	17-27	-11	-07.6	-03.4	-6	-07.6	01.6
12/30/00	#18	#19	v	#09	#08	Big12	Nebraska	17-66	-10	-04.5	-05.5	-7	-05.6	-01.4
10/06/01	#14	#16	@	#27	#27	Big10	Ohio St	20-38	-12	-09.1	-02.9	-8	-09.8	01.8
10/20/01	#22	#20	vs	NR	#39	Big10	Penn St	35-38	-10	-12.6	02.6	-13	-08.6	-04.4
10/29/05	#21	#23	vs	#25	#27	Big10	Michigan	17-33	-6	-12.6	06.6	-7	-08.8	01.8
11/12/05	#25	#28	@	#10	#10	Big10	Ohio St	7-48	-12	-05.9	-06.1	-	-	-
10/11/08	#30	#22	vs	#23	#19	Big10	Michigan St	20-37	-	-	-	-9	-08.4	-00.6
10/25/08	#26	#24	@	NR	NR	Big10	Indiana	19-21	-	-	-	-9	-08.6	-00.4
11/08/08	#26	#25	vs	#12	#12	Big10	Ohio St	10-45	-	-	-	-6	-06.7	00.7
12/29/08	#22	#20	v	#25	#23	Big12	Missouri	23-30	-9	-09.0	00.0	-9	-05.1	-03.9

Northwestern Wins against the Top 25, 1998-2008
date	AP rk	CO rk	vs/@	oAP rk	oCO rk	oConf	Opponent	MoV
09/23/00	NR	NR	vs	#07	#06	Big10	Wisconsin	47-44
09/30/00	NR	#41	vs	#18	#15	Big10	Michigan State	37-17
11/04/00	#21	#23	@	#12	#12	Big10	Michigan	54-51
09/29/01	#16	#18	@	#23	#24	Big10	Michigan State	27-26
10/25/03	NR	NR	@	#20	#17	Big10	Wisconsin	16-7
10/02/04	NR	NR	@	#07	#06	Big10	Ohio State	33-27
10/30/04	NR	NR	@	#17	#19	Big10	Purdue	13-10
10/08/05	NR	NR	@	#14	#14	Big10	Wisconsin	51-48
10/22/05	#32	#31	vs	#22	#22	Big10	Michigan State	49-14
11/01/08	#37	#33	vs	#20	#20	Big10	Minnesota	24-17