Starting last Thursday, Matt Brown of Sports on Earth counted down the top-100 college football teams of all time in a four-part series, and three historical Northwestern teams made the cut.
Using an entirely stats-driven formula, and nearly endless amounts of data from Sports Reference, Brown set out to determine which teams were the "most dominant" in a given season. The rankings are based on average point differential and strength of schedule.
The Northwestern teams included were:
No. 95 - 1940 Northwestern
Coached by Pappy Waldorf (!!!), the 1940 team shut out Notre Dame on the way to a 6-2 record.