| Omni Rankings™ | 2025 College football | through 1/19/26 games | |||||||||||||||||
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| Illinois schedule | Rating: 92.64 (D-I #28) Projected season record: 9 - 4 overall, 5 - 4 Big Ten | ||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | Conf | Ratings and projections | |||||||||||||||||
| Game | Division I opponent | Site | Result | Score | record | record | Streak | Last 5 | Rating | Projection (correct/incorrect winner) | Illinois win probability | ||||||||
| 1 | Western Illinois | Home | Win | 52 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | W1 | 91.27 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Duke | Road | Win | 45 - 19 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | W2 | 96.18 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Western Michigan | Home | Win | 38 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 0 | W3 | 98.96 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Indiana | Road | Loss | 10 - 63 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 1 | L1 | 94.67 | |||||||||||
| 5 | USC | Home | Win | 34 - 32 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 1 | W1 | 4-1 | 95.47 | USC by 4 | 41% | ||||||||
| 6 | Purdue | Road | Win | 43 - 27 | 5 - 1 | 2 - 1 | W2 | 4-1 | 96.60 | Illinois by 8 | 69% | ||||||||
| 7 | Ohio State | Home | Loss | 16 - 34 | 5 - 2 | 2 - 2 | L1 | 3-2 | 95.84 | Ohio State by 12 | 22% | ||||||||
| 8 | Washington | Road | Loss | 25 - 42 | 5 - 3 | 2 - 3 | L2 | 2-3 | 93.90 | Washington by 1 | 47% | ||||||||
| 9 | Rutgers | Home | Win | 35 - 13 | 6 - 3 | 3 - 3 | W1 | 3-2 | 94.85 | Illinois by 14 | 81% | ||||||||
| 10 | Maryland | Home | Win | 24 - 6 | 7 - 3 | 4 - 3 | W2 | 3-2 | 95.37 | Illinois by 13 | 81% | ||||||||
| 11 | Wisconsin | Road | Loss | 10 - 27 | 7 - 4 | 4 - 4 | L1 | 2-3 | 92.25 | Illinois by 12 | 77% | ||||||||
| 12 | Northwestern | Home | Win | 20 - 13 | 8 - 4 | 5 - 4 | W1 | 3-2 | 91.90 | Illinois by 10 | 75% | ||||||||
| 13 | Tennessee | Neutral | Win | 30 - 28 | 9 - 4 | 5 - 4 | W2 | 4-1 | 92.64 | Tennessee by 5 | 37% | ||||||||
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