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Northwestern 27, Minnesota 0
Northwestern 27, Minnesota 0
Coming off a 27-0 domination of Minnesota in the Big Ten opener, the Northwestern Wildcats (5-0, 1-0) have moved up to No. 14 in the Week 6 Amway Coaches Poll.
Northwestern moved up three spots from No. 17.
As far as the rest of the Big Ten, Ohio State (5-0, 1-0) stood pat at at No. 1. Michigan State (5-0, 1-0), though, slid down to No. 3 from No. 2 after a tight win over Purdue. Northwestern is followed in the rankings with Michigan (4-1, 1-0) at No. 21. Iowa (5-0, 1-0) entered the Top 25 for the first time this season after a 10-6 win at Wisconsin (3-2, 0-1) at No. 23. The Badgers, thus, slid out of the rankings after reaching at No. 18.
Northwestern travels to Michigan on Saturday for a matchup of two of the top defenses in the country.
Here's the full poll:
| Coaches | |
| 1 | Ohio State (50) |
| 2 | TCU (4) |
| 3 | Michigan State (1) |
| 4 | Baylor (5) |
| 5 | LSU (1) |
| 6 | Clemson |
| 7 | Utah (1) |
| 8 | Florida State |
| 9 | Oklahoma |
| 10 | Alabama |
| 11 | Texas A&M |
| 12 | Florida |
| 13 | Ole Miss |
| 14 | Northwestern |
| 15 | Notre Dame |
| 16 | Georgia |
| 17 | USC |
| 18 | Stanford |
| 19 | Oklahoma State |
| 20 | UCLA |
| 21 | Michigan |
| 22 | Cal |
| 23 | Iowa |
| 24 | Boise State |
| 25 | Memphis |