| Omni Rankings™ | 2025-2026 Men's college basketball | through 4/6/26 games | |||||||||||
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| Illinois schedule | Rating: 94.01 (D-I #7) Projected season record: 28 - 9 overall, 15 - 5 Big Ten | ||||||||||||
| Overall | Conf | Ratings and projections | |||||||||||
| Game | Division I opponent | Site | Result | Score | record | record | Streak | Last 10 | Rating | Projection (correct/incorrect winner) | Illinois win probability | ||
| 1 | Jackson State | Home | Win | 113 - 55 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | W1 | 88.54 | |||||
| 2 | FGCU | Home | Win | 113 - 70 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | W2 | 90.68 | |||||
| 3 | Texas Tech | Home | Win | 81 - 77 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 0 | W3 | 90.93 | |||||
| 4 | Colgate | Home | Win | 84 - 65 | 4 - 0 | 0 - 0 | W4 | 90.97 | |||||
| 5 | Alabama | Neutral | Loss | 86 - 90 | 4 - 1 | 0 - 0 | L1 | 90.56 | |||||
| 6 | LIU | Home | Win | 98 - 58 | 5 - 1 | 0 - 0 | W1 | 91.19 | Illinois by 31 | 99% | |||
| 7 | UTRGV | Home | Win | 87 - 73 | 6 - 1 | 0 - 0 | W2 | 90.08 | Illinois by 25 | 97% | |||
| 8 | UConn | Neutral | Loss | 61 - 74 | 6 - 2 | 0 - 0 | L1 | 88.20 | Illinois by 7 | 72% | |||
| 9 | Tennessee | Neutral | Win | 75 - 62 | 7 - 2 | 0 - 0 | W1 | 89.44 | Tennessee by 1 | 47% | |||
| 10 | Ohio State | Road | Win | 88 - 80 | 8 - 2 | 1 - 0 | W2 | 8-2 | 89.82 | Illinois by 3 | 61% | ||
| 11 | Nebraska | Home | Loss | 80 - 83 | 8 - 3 | 1 - 1 | L1 | 7-3 | 89.16 | Illinois by 5 | 68% | ||
| 12 | Missouri | Neutral | Win | 91 - 48 | 9 - 3 | 1 - 1 | W1 | 7-3 | 91.35 | Illinois by 9 | 76% | ||
| 13 | Southern U | Home | Win | 90 - 55 | 10 - 3 | 1 - 1 | W2 | 7-3 | 91.56 | Illinois by 32 | 99% | ||
| 14 | Penn State | Road | Win | 73 - 65 | 11 - 3 | 2 - 1 | W3 | 7-3 | 90.97 | Illinois by 16 | 90% | ||
| 15 | Rutgers | Home | Win | 81 - 55 | 12 - 3 | 3 - 1 | W4 | 8-2 | 91.20 | Illinois by 22 | 95% | ||
| 16 | Iowa | Road | Win | 75 - 69 | 13 - 3 | 4 - 1 | W5 | 8-2 | 91.49 | Illinois by 2 | 56% | ||
| 17 | Northwestern | Road | Win | 79 - 68 | 14 - 3 | 5 - 1 | W6 | 8-2 | 91.65 | Illinois by 9 | 77% | ||
| 18 | Minnesota | Home | Win | 77 - 67 | 15 - 3 | 6 - 1 | W7 | 9-1 | 91.19 | Illinois by 17 | 91% | ||
| 19 | Maryland | Home | Win | 89 - 70 | 16 - 3 | 7 - 1 | W8 | 9-1 | 91.14 | Illinois by 20 | 94% | ||
| 20 | Purdue | Road | Win | 88 - 82 | 17 - 3 | 8 - 1 | W9 | 9-1 | 91.70 | Purdue by 3 | 40% | ||
| 21 | Washington | Home | Win | 75 - 66 | 18 - 3 | 9 - 1 | W10 | 10-0 | 91.42 | Illinois by 13 | 86% | ||
| 22 | Nebraska | Road | Win | 78 - 69 | 19 - 3 | 10 - 1 | W11 | 10-0 | 92.15 | Nebraska by 2 | 43% | ||
| 23 | Northwestern | Home | Win | 84 - 44 | 20 - 3 | 11 - 1 | W12 | 10-0 | 93.55 | Illinois by 15 | 89% | ||
| 24 | Michigan State | Road | Loss | 82 - 85 | OT | 20 - 4 | 11 - 2 | L1 | 9-1 | 93.45 | Illinois by 2 | 55% | |
| 25 | Wisconsin | Home | Loss | 90 - 92 | OT | 20 - 5 | 11 - 3 | L2 | 8-2 | 92.79 | Illinois by 11 | 81% | |
| 26 | Indiana | Home | Win | 71 - 51 | 21 - 5 | 12 - 3 | W1 | 8-2 | 93.40 | Illinois by 10 | 80% | ||
| 27 | USC | Road | Win | 101 - 65 | 22 - 5 | 13 - 3 | W2 | 8-2 | 94.97 | Illinois by 10 | 80% | ||
| 28 | UCLA | Road | Loss | 94 - 95 | OT | 22 - 6 | 13 - 4 | L1 | 7-3 | 94.34 | Illinois by 10 | 79% | |
| 29 | Michigan | Home | Loss | 70 - 84 | 22 - 7 | 13 - 5 | L2 | 6-4 | 93.52 | Michigan by 1 | 48% | ||
| 30 | Oregon | Home | Win | 80 - 54 | 23 - 7 | 14 - 5 | W1 | 6-4 | 93.93 | Illinois by 19 | 93% | ||
| 31 | Maryland | Road | Win | 78 - 72 | 24 - 7 | 15 - 5 | W2 | 6-4 | 93.12 | Illinois by 19 | 93% | ||
| 32 | Wisconsin | Neutral | Loss | 88 - 91 | OT | 24 - 8 | 15 - 5 | L1 | 5-5 | 92.78 | Illinois by 5 | 68% | |
| 33 | Penn | Neutral | Win | 105 - 70 | 25 - 8 | 15 - 5 | W1 | 5-5 | 93.52 | Illinois by 23 | 96% | ||
| 34 | VCU | Neutral | Win | 76 - 55 | 26 - 8 | 15 - 5 | W2 | 6-4 | 94.05 | Illinois by 12 | 84% | ||
| 35 | Houston | Neutral | Win | 65 - 55 | 27 - 8 | 15 - 5 | W3 | 7-3 | 94.72 | Houston by 1 | 46% | ||
| 36 | Iowa | Neutral | Win | 71 - 59 | 28 - 8 | 15 - 5 | W4 | 7-3 | 94.97 | Illinois by 8 | 75% | ||
| 37 | UConn | Neutral | Loss | 62 - 71 | 28 - 9 | 15 - 5 | L1 | 6-4 | 94.01 | Illinois by 6 | 70% | ||
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