People are severely underestimating Northwestern. I would even go on a limb to say that they are a darkhorse to win the Big Ten and are the 2nd best team on our schedule behind Clemson. They also aren't starting a freshman QB like FSU.
With that said, this team should be a 6-8 win team. If not, the QB position was a fail, we generated 0 pass rush or Ross Krautman regressed even further.