illinois football record vs ranked teams since 2020

The Illinois Fighting Illini are 6-12 against ranked opponents since 2020.

	TEAM	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Illinois	10/23/2020	0-1	ILL	@	WIS	L 7-45	.000	1	8	218	430	20.0	0.0
2	Illinois	12/5/2020	0-1	ILL	vs	IOWA	L 21-35	.000	3	20	348	424	50.0	50.0
3	Illinois	12/12/2020	0-1	ILL	@	NW	L 10-28	.000	1	14	262	493	25.0	50.0
4	Illinois	10/23/2021	1-0	ILL	@	PSU	W 20-18	1.000	1	26	395	227	50.0
5	Illinois	11/20/2021	0-1	ILL	@	IOWA	L 23-33	.000	2	11	312	255	25.0	0.0
6	Illinois	11/19/2022	0-1	ILL	@	MICH	L 17-19	.000	2	20	326	376	38.5	0.0
7	Illinois	1/2/2023	0-1	ILL	vs	MSST	L 10-19	.000	1	19	275	390	27.3
8	Illinois	9/16/2023	0-1	ILL	vs	PSU	L 13-30	.000	2	20	354	383	33.3	100.0
9	Illinois	9/7/2024	1-0	ILL	vs	KU	W 23-17	1.000	2	14	271	319	40.0	100.0
10	Illinois	9/20/2024	1-0	ILL	@	NEB	W 31-24	1.000	4	25	381	345	53.8	66.7
11	Illinois	9/28/2024	0-1	ILL	@	PSU	L 7-21	.000	1	17	219	374	30.8	50.0
12	Illinois	10/19/2024	1-0	ILL	vs	MICH	W 21-7	1.000	2	18	267	322	27.3	50.0
13	Illinois	10/26/2024	0-1	ILL	@	ORE	L 9-38	.000	1	18	293	527	38.5	0.0
14	Illinois	12/31/2024	1-0	ILL	vs	SC	W 21-17	1.000	3	22	357	390	66.7	0.0
15	Illinois	9/20/2025	0-1	ILL	@	IND	L 10-63	.000	1	9	161	579	10.0
16	Illinois	9/27/2025	1-0	ILL	vs	USC	W 34-32	1.000	4	25	502	490	60.0	100.0
17	Illinois	10/11/2025	0-1	ILL	vs	OSU	L 16-34	.000	2	22	295	272	28.6	60.0
18	Illinois	9/26/2026	0-1	ILL	@	OSU	L 19-42	.000	2	25	462	518	42.9	33.3
	Average							.333	1.9	18.5	316.6	395.2	37.8	0.0
	Total		6-12					.333	35	333	5,698	7,114	37.8	42.4

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More Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,246

Houser

RUSH

321

Laughery

REC

546

Dixon

Team Rankings

PPG

30.6

69th

OPP PPG

26.0

101st

RUSH YDS/G

155.6

85th

PASS YDS/G

249.2

56th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
13	Penn State	0-2	3-2
14	Washington	0-2	3-2
15	Illinois	0-2	2-3
16	Maryland	0-2	2-3
17	Michigan State	0-2	2-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	ILL	@	MSU	3:30 PM
Sat 10/24	ORE	@	ILL	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	ILL	@	MD	1:00 PM
Fri 11/6	NEB	@	ILL	8:00 PM
Fri 11/13	ILL	@	UCLA	9:00 PM

Last Game

Purdue

2 - 3

Final

Illinois

2 - 3

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,613

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200