Rasheen Ali had a field day against the Virginia Tech defense, running for 174 yards. (Ivan Morozov)

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — You might not have noticed a fourth-tier Big Ten result last night, what with all of the marquee games going on, but after Northwestern was given up for dead against Minnesota, down 21 points at the end of the third quarter, the Wildcats rallied to win in overtime.