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| Illinois schedule | Rating: 87.18 (D-I #56) Projected season record: 5 - 7 overall, 3 - 6 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 | UAB | Home | Win | 42 - 23 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | W1 | 90.08 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Duke | Home | Loss | 27 - 31 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | L1 | 88.32 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Southern Illinois | Home | Win | 48 - 10 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | W1 | 90.44 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Ohio State | Road | Loss | 19 - 42 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 1 | L1 | 90.37 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Purdue | Home | Loss | 17 - 24 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 2 | L2 | 2-3 | 87.18 | Illinois by 15 | 77% | ||||||||
| 6 | Michigan State | Road | 10/10/2026 | Michigan State by 1 | 48% | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Oregon | Home | 10/24/2026 | Oregon by 5 | 41% | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Maryland | Road | 10/31/2026 | Illinois by 5 | 60% | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Nebraska | Home | 11/6/2026 | Nebraska by 10 | 32% | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | UCLA | Road | 11/13/2026 | UCLA by 15 | 25% | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Iowa | Home | 11/21/2026 | Iowa by 5 | 41% | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | Northwestern | Road | 11/28/2026 | Northwestern by 19 | 20% | ||||||||||||||
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