A new feature to our gameweek schedule this season is Where Are We Wednesday, a mid-week evaluation of where the team currently sits in the big picture of things, whether that be the Big Ten West, the Big Ten or even the nation. As Northwestern grinds through a 12-game regular season, that location changes every week based on what both the team and the teams around them do. Here's the Week 7 edition.
Northwestern football was heading directly toward proverbial rock bottom a few weeks ago, when a home loss to Nebraska sent the Wildcats to 1-3 in a young season that felt lost after it was only a third of the way through.