After earning a victory in Durham last week against Duke, Northwestern jumped to No. 17 in the AP Poll ahead of its matchup with Ball State this weekend (7 p.m. CT, Big Ten Network). With Northwestern's classes starting this week and Big Ten play just one week away, Pat Fitzgerald and his troops will look to avoid a letdown under the lights of Ryan Field. Our writers think they will be able to do so. What do you think?
Henry Bushnell: Northwestern 23, Ball State 3
I'm fairly convinced that this is going to be an extremely boring football game.