Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Men's college basketball through 3/3/26 games
Illinois
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Illinois schedule Rating: 93.91 (D-I #5)  Projected season record: 24 - 7 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     88.53    
2 FGCU Home Win 113 - 70   2 - 0 0 - 0 W2     90.67    
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     90.96    
5 Alabama Neutral Loss 86 - 90   4 - 1 0 - 0 L1     90.55    
6 LIU Home Win 98 - 58   5 - 1 0 - 0 W1     91.18 Illinois by 31 98%
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     88.19 Illinois by 7 72%
9 Tennessee Neutral Win 75 - 62   7 - 2 0 - 0 W1     89.43 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   89.15 Illinois by 5 68%
12 Missouri Neutral Win 91 - 48   9 - 3 1 - 1 W1 7-3   91.34 Illinois by 9 76%
13 Southern U Home Win 90 - 55   10 - 3 1 - 1 W2 7-3   91.55 Illinois by 32 99%
14 Penn State Road Win 73 - 65   11 - 3 2 - 1 W3 7-3   90.96 Illinois by 16 90%
15 Rutgers Home Win 81 - 55   12 - 3 3 - 1 W4 8-2   91.19 Illinois by 22 95%
16 Iowa Road Win 75 - 69   13 - 3 4 - 1 W5 8-2   91.48 Illinois by 2 56%
17 Northwestern Road Win 79 - 68   14 - 3 5 - 1 W6 8-2   91.64 Illinois by 9 76%
18 Minnesota Home Win 77 - 67   15 - 3 6 - 1 W7 9-1   91.18 Illinois by 17 91%
19 Maryland Home Win 89 - 70   16 - 3 7 - 1 W8 9-1   91.13 Illinois by 20 93%
20 Purdue Road Win 88 - 82   17 - 3 8 - 1 W9 9-1   91.69 Purdue by 3 40%
21 Washington Home Win 75 - 66   18 - 3 9 - 1 W10 10-0   91.41 Illinois by 13 86%
22 Nebraska Road Win 78 - 69   19 - 3 10 - 1 W11 10-0   92.14 Nebraska by 2 43%
23 Northwestern Home Win 84 - 44   20 - 3 11 - 1 W12 10-0   93.54 Illinois by 15 89%
24 Michigan State Road Loss 82 - 85 OT 20 - 4 11 - 2 L1 9-1   93.44 Illinois by 2 55%
25 Wisconsin Home Loss 90 - 92 OT 20 - 5 11 - 3 L2 8-2   92.78 Illinois by 11 81%
26 Indiana Home Win 71 - 51   21 - 5 12 - 3 W1 8-2   93.38 Illinois by 10 80%
27 USC Road Win 101 - 65   22 - 5 13 - 3 W2 8-2   94.95 Illinois by 10 80%
28 UCLA Road Loss 94 - 95 OT 22 - 6 13 - 4 L1 7-3   94.33 Illinois by 10 79%
29 Michigan Home Loss 70 - 84   22 - 7 13 - 5 L2 6-4   93.51 Michigan by 1 48%
30 Oregon Home Win 80 - 54   23 - 7 14 - 5 W1 6-4   93.91 Illinois by 19 93%
31 Maryland Road 3/8/2026                 Illinois by 18 90%
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