The Northwestern Wildcats just keep on moving up — well, in the eyes of the media at least. NU jumped to No. 17 in the Week 4 AP Poll, up from No. 23 last week.
The Wildcats went to Durham, N.C. Saturday as road underdogs and knocked off the Duke Blue Devils, 19-10.
Another contributing factor to Northwestern's rise may very well have been Stanford's victory late Saturday night on the road at then-No. 6 USC. The Cardinal's upset of the Trojans caused many to take note of how good Northwestern might be.