The opening weekend of college football has come and gone, and we now have some data and film upon which to base our opinions of teams, rather than having to go off of results that are several months old. The problem, when it comes to Northwestern’s next opponent, is that it’s tough to evaluate a team when they’ve only played an FCS program that isn’t even among the top 30 FCS programs.
In Week 1, after Northwestern struggled to come out unscathed against Nevada, Duke went out and throttled nearby NC Central by a score of 60-7.