After winning a wild, controversial, edge-of-your-seat game against Wisconsin, Northwestern has moved up four spots in the Week 13 Coaches Poll to #17.
The four-spot jump from #21 to #17 makes Northwestern the fifth-highest ranked Big Ten School in the poll behind undefeated Iowa, which vaulted all the way up from #6 to #3 and claimed the Big Ten West title while doing so, Michigan State, who jumped to #6 with a win in Columbus, Ohio State, who fell to #8 after losing to the Spartans at home, and Michigan, which is tied at #12 after defeating Penn State 28-16.