illinois football wins against ranked teams since 2020

The Illinois Fighting Illini have won half a dozen times against ranked opponents since 2020.

	TEAM	DATE	W	TM		OPP	RESULT	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Illinois	10/23/2020	0	ILL	@	WIS	L 7-45	1	8	218	430	20.0	0.0
2	Illinois	12/5/2020	0	ILL	vs	IOWA	L 21-35	3	20	348	424	50.0	50.0
3	Illinois	12/12/2020	0	ILL	@	NW	L 10-28	1	14	262	493	25.0	50.0
4	Illinois	10/23/2021	1	ILL	@	PSU	W 20-18	1	26	395	227	50.0
5	Illinois	11/20/2021	0	ILL	@	IOWA	L 23-33	2	11	312	255	25.0	0.0
6	Illinois	11/19/2022	0	ILL	@	MICH	L 17-19	2	20	326	376	38.5	0.0
7	Illinois	1/2/2023	0	ILL	vs	MSST	L 10-19	1	19	275	390	27.3
8	Illinois	9/16/2023	0	ILL	vs	PSU	L 13-30	2	20	354	383	33.3	100.0
9	Illinois	9/7/2024	1	ILL	vs	KU	W 23-17	2	14	271	319	40.0	100.0
10	Illinois	9/20/2024	1	ILL	@	NEB	W 31-24	4	25	381	345	53.8	66.7
11	Illinois	9/28/2024	0	ILL	@	PSU	L 7-21	1	17	219	374	30.8	50.0
12	Illinois	10/19/2024	1	ILL	vs	MICH	W 21-7	2	18	267	322	27.3	50.0
13	Illinois	10/26/2024	0	ILL	@	ORE	L 9-38	1	18	293	527	38.5	0.0
14	Illinois	12/31/2024	1	ILL	vs	SC	W 21-17	3	22	357	390	66.7	0.0
15	Illinois	9/20/2025	0	ILL	@	IND	L 10-63	1	9	161	579	10.0
16	Illinois	9/27/2025	1	ILL	vs	USC	W 34-32	4	25	502	490	60.0	100.0
17	Illinois	10/11/2025	0	ILL	vs	OSU	L 16-34	2	22	295	272	28.6	60.0
	Average		0.4					1.9	18.1	308.0	388.0	37.5	0.0
	Total		6					33	308	5,236	6,596	37.5	43.3

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More Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

182

Houser

RUSH

88

Valentine

REC

70

Dixon

Team Rankings

PPG

42.0

42nd

OPP PPG

23.0

96th

RUSH YDS/G

150.0

86th

PASS YDS/G

182.0

111th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	USC	0-0	2-0
2	Illinois	0-0	1-0
3	Indiana	0-0	1-0
4	Iowa	0-0	1-0
5	Maryland	0-0	1-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	DUKE	@	ILL	3:30 PM
Sat 9/19	SIU	@	ILL	2:00 PM
Sat 9/26	ILL	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	PUR	@	ILL	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	ILL	@	MSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

UAB

0 - 1

Final

Illinois

1 - 0

Thu 3 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

653

Mensah

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

330

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

8

Mensah

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

4

Toney

3

Mosley

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

702.5

681.0

671.0

660.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

458.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

430.0

427.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	1	.500
2	Buffalo	1	0	1.000
3	UMass	1	0	1.000
4	Akron	0	1	.000
5	Ball State	0	1	.000
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	0	1	.000
8	Kent State	0	1	.000
9	Miami (OH)	0	1	.000
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	0	1	.000
12	Western Michigan	0	1	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	2	0	1.000
2	Army	1	0	1.000
3	Navy	1	0	1.000
4	Rice	1	0	1.000
5	South Florida	1	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	0	1.000
7	Tulane	0	1	.000
8	UTSA	1	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	1	.000
10	East Carolina	0	1	.000
11	Florida Atlantic	0	1	.000
12	North Texas	0	1	.000
13	Tulsa	1	0	1.000
14	UAB	0	1	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	1	0	1.000
3	Virginia	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Boston College	0	1	.000
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	1	1	.500
2	North Dakota State	2	0	1.000
3	Air Force	1	0	1.000
4	Nevada	1	0	1.000
5	San Jose State	1	1	.500
6	Northern Illinois	0	1	.000
7	New Mexico	1	0	1.000
8	UTEP	0	1	.000
9	Wyoming	0	1	.000
10	Hawai'i	0	2	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Rutgers	0	1	.000
18	Wisconsin	0	1	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000