Colorado at 
Northwestern non-confThe venue
Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium Evanston, IL
67°F
average temperature
8 mph
average wind
41%
of days see rain
Ten seasons at this venue for this two-week window — a fact about the place, not a forecast for the day.
What the models make it
SP+2026
Northwestern6.9
FPI2026
Colorado0.6
Elo2025
Northwestern7.6
SRS2025
Northwestern6.8
Predicted margin in points, each system carrying its own home-field bump. The year under a name is the season those ratings come from. The market row is the spread as it stands, via collegefootballdata.com. Where that is last season, the rating is regressed toward the mean for how wrong a rating can be about a team this early.