illinois football record vs ranked opponents all time since 2000

The Illinois Fighting Illini have a 14-70 record against ranked opponents since 2000.

	TEAM	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF
1	Illinois	9/23/2000	0-1	ILL	vs	MICH	L 31-35	.000	4	21	447	513
2	Illinois	11/11/2000	0-1	ILL	vs	OSU	L 21-24	.000	3	15	333	474
3	Illinois	11/18/2000	0-1	ILL	@	NW	L 23-61	.000	3	19	362	478
4	Illinois	9/22/2001	1-0	ILL	vs	LOU	W 34-10	1.000	4	23	504	338
5	Illinois	9/29/2001	0-1	ILL	@	MICH	L 20-45	.000	2	12	300	405
6	Illinois	11/3/2001	1-0	ILL	@	PUR	W 38-13	1.000	5	19	420	240
7	Illinois	11/17/2001	1-0	ILL	@	OSU	W 34-22	1.000	5	18	390	430
8	Illinois	9/28/2002	0-1	ILL	vs	MICH	L 28-45	.000	3	29	543	415
9	Illinois	11/2/2002	0-1	ILL	@	PSU	L 7-18	.000	1	16	292	423
10	Illinois	11/16/2002	0-1	ILL	vs	OSU	L 16-23	.000	1	21	358	321
11	Illinois	10/4/2003	0-1	ILL	@	PUR	L 10-43	.000	1	11	191	533
12	Illinois	10/11/2003	0-1	ILL	vs	MSU	L 14-49	.000	2	23	371	419
13	Illinois	10/18/2003	0-1	ILL	@	MICH	L 14-56	.000	2	13	252	519
14	Illinois	11/1/2003	0-1	ILL	@	IOWA	L 10-41	.000	1	12	265	505
15	Illinois	9/25/2004	0-1	ILL	vs	PUR	L 30-38	.000	3	25	390	515
16	Illinois	10/2/2004	0-1	ILL	@	WIS	L 7-24	.000	1	16	206	357
17	Illinois	10/16/2004	0-1	ILL	vs	MICH	L 19-30	.000	2	19	254	408
18	Illinois	10/30/2004	0-1	ILL	vs	IOWA	L 13-23	.000	2	16	268	319
19	Illinois	9/17/2005	0-1	ILL	@	CAL	L 20-35	.000	2	20	337	415
20	Illinois	9/24/2005	0-1	ILL	vs	MSU	L 14-61	.000	2	17	271	705
21	Illinois	10/22/2005	0-1	ILL	vs	PSU	L 10-63	.000	1	15	244	438
22	Illinois	10/29/2005	0-1	ILL	vs	WIS	L 24-41	.000	3	28	538	464
23	Illinois	11/5/2005	0-1	ILL	@	OSU	L 2-40	.000	0	9	160	526
24	Illinois	9/23/2006	0-1	ILL	vs	IOWA	L 7-24	.000	1
25	Illinois	10/28/2006	0-1	ILL	@	WIS	L 24-30	.000	3
	Average							.167	2.1		320.3	448.3
	Total		14-70					.167	177		20,181	28,243

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More Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,955

Houser

RUSH

615

Laughery

REC

910

Dixon

Team Rankings

PPG

28.4

70th

OPP PPG

23.0

60th

RUSH YDS/G

155.3

79th

PASS YDS/G

236.9

68th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	Wisconsin	4-2	6-3
7	USC	4-2	7-2
8	Illinois	4-2	6-3
9	Northwestern	3-3	6-3
10	Minnesota	3-3	5-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 11/13	ILL	@	UCLA	9:00 PM
Sat 11/21	IOWA	@	ILL	2:30 PM
Sat 11/28	ILL	@	NW	1:00 PM

Last Game

Nebraska

5 - 4

Final

Illinois

6 - 3

Fri 6 Nov 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Mensah

27

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

191.0

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.5

Dean

10.0

Osunsanmi

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

517.3

517.0

514.0

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

326.1

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	9	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	3	.667
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	6	3	.667
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	7	.222
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	4	5	.444
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	South Florida	6	3	.667
10	Tulane	4	5	.444
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Toledo	7	2	.778
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	6	3	.667
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	UMass	5	4	.556
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Ball State	3	6	.333
10	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
11	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	8	.111

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333