Illinois Fighting Illini

The Illinois Fighting Illini were 2-10 in 2017.

Scores & Schedules

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Sat 11/25	vs	NW	L 7-42
Sat 11/18	@	OSU	L 14-52
Sat 11/11	vs	IND	L 14-24
Sat 11/4	@	PUR	L 10-29
Sat 10/28	vs	WIS	L 10-24

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

1,273

George

RUSH YDS

349

Epstein

REC YDS

510

Smalling

2017 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Indiana	2-7	5-7
11	Nebraska	3-6	4-8
12	Rutgers	3-6	4-8
13	Maryland	2-7	4-8
14	Illinois	0-9	2-10

Latest Illinois Fighting Illini News

Collin Dixon catches two more TD passes, Illinois beats Southern Illinois 48-10

Sep 19, 2026

2017 Stats

See stats

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	SCKY	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	12	185	3,365	725	4.6	1,267	386	3.3	2,098	339	6.2	41	233	175	72	83	20	85	771
Team Rank		127th	127th	127th	125th	124th	121st	120th	110th	99th	116th	124th	21st	126th	124th	115th	75th	97th	98th
Opponent	12	378	5,019	907	5.7	2,620	549	4.8	2,399	338	7.1	20	125	273	137	111	25	74	701
Opponent Rank		85th	74th	60th	71st	112th	117th	90th	23rd	26th	57th	103rd	100th	86th	113th	35th	91st	66th	51st
Net		-193	-1,654	-182	-1.0	-1,353	-163	-1.5	-301	+1	-0.9	+21	+108	-98	-65	-28	-5	+11	+70
Net Rank		120th	124th	127th	111th	122nd	122nd	118th	91st	66th	101st	125th	17th	128th	125th	102nd	99th	95th	86th

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

1,122

Atkinson

1,053

Stokes

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

476

Legree

444

Toney

419

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

11

Taylor

11

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

8

Knight

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

6

Duff

6

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

244.1

Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

50.7

49.7

48.3

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

5.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

319.0

298.7

286.7

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

366.7

364.7

358.0

345.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Florida	3	0	1.000
3	Georgia	3	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	0	1.000
6	Kentucky	2	1	.667
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	0	1.000
9	Texas	3	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
11	Oklahoma	2	1	.667
12	Auburn	2	1	.667
13	LSU	2	1	.667
14	South Carolina	2	1	.667
15	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
16	Arkansas	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	2	1	.667
5	South Alabama	2	1	.667
6	Marshall	2	1	.667
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Coastal Carolina	1	2	.333
9	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
10	Georgia Southern	1	2	.333
11	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
12	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
13	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	2	1	.667
2	Colorado State	2	1	.667
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	2	.333
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

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

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	2	1	.667
5	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
6	Akron	1	2	.333
7	Ball State	1	2	.333
8	Buffalo	1	2	.333
9	Kent State	1	2	.333
10	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
11	Ohio	1	2	.333
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Duke	3	0	1.000
3	Pittsburgh	3	0	1.000
4	California	2	1	.667
5	Clemson	2	1	.667
6	Louisville	2	1	.667
7	Virginia	2	1	.667
8	SMU	2	1	.667
9	Virginia Tech	3	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	1	.667
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	2	1	.667
14	Florida State	1	2	.333
15	NC State	1	2	.333
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
4	Memphis	3	1	.750
5	UTSA	2	1	.667
6	East Carolina	1	2	.333
7	North Texas	1	2	.333
8	Rice	1	2	.333
9	Temple	1	2	.333
10	Tulane	1	2	.333
11	UAB	1	2	.333
12	Charlotte	0	3	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	4	0	1.000
2	UCLA	3	0	1.000
3	Indiana	3	0	1.000
4	Iowa	3	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	0	1.000
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Northwestern	2	0	1.000
10	Illinois	2	1	.667
11	Maryland	2	1	.667
12	Michigan State	2	1	.667
13	Minnesota	2	1	.667
14	Ohio State	2	1	.667
15	Oregon	2	1	.667
16	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	2	.333
18	Rutgers	0	3	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	2	1	.667
2	Liberty	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	1	2	.333
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	1	.667
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	1	2	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	3	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333