Tristan Jung: Northwestern 38, Illinois 10
Illinois has no offense. That’s not a great recipe for success.
Davis Rich: Northwestern 35, Illinois 3
It probably won’t be back-to-back shutouts for Northwestern. It might be close. Justin Jackson goes over the century mark one last time in the regular season for the Wildcats. A couple of early Illinois turnovers give Northwestern a short field and a big halftime lead, and the Wildcats coast to a seventh straight win. Bring on the bowl game speculation.
Will Ragatz: Northwestern 34, Illinois 13
Even if Northwestern’s offense doesn’t show up right away, Illinois isn’t going to be able to move the ball against the Wildcats’ red-hot defense.