Illinois

Big Ten · 28–9

Power+26.6#7 of 365

Résumé+18.99#9 · wins above average

Trendrating by week

Best winHouston (65–55)
Worst lossUCLA (94–95)
Schedule faced+12.3 avg opponent

Results

Expected is the margin the model's ratings imply for that matchup and site. Perf is how far the actual margin beat it — the number that moves a rating, rather than the win or loss alone.

Wk		Opponent	Result	Expected	Perf
1	vs	Jackson State	W 113–55	+45.2	+12.8
1	vs	Florida Gulf Coast	W 113–70	+33.6	+9.4
2	vs	Texas Tech	W 81–77	+7.8	-3.8
2	vs	Colgate	W 84–65	+33.3	-14.3
3	N	Alabama	L 86–90	+2.2	-6.2
3	vs	Long Island University	W 98–58	+33.4	+6.6
4	vs	UT Rio Grande Valley	W 87–73	+29.2	-15.2
4	N	UConn	L 61–74	+2.3	-15.3
5	at	Tennessee	W 75–62	+0.8	+12.2
6	at	Ohio State	W 88–80	+6.3	+1.7
6	vs	Nebraska	L 80–83	+8.4	-11.4
8	vs	Missouri	W 91–48	+16.6	+26.4
9	vs	Southern	W 90–55	+36.9	-1.9
9	at	Penn State	W 73–65	+21.3	-13.3
10	vs	Rutgers	W 81–55	+26.6	-0.6
10	at	Iowa	W 75–69	+6.1	-0.1
11	at	Northwestern	W 79–68	+13.5	-2.5
11	vs	Minnesota	W 77–67	+22.3	-12.3
12	vs	Maryland	W 89–70	+24.0	-5.0
12	at	Purdue	W 88–82	-1.7	+7.7
13	vs	Washington	W 75–66	+18.5	-9.5
13	at	Nebraska	W 78–69	+2.9	+6.1
14	vs	Northwestern	W 84–44	+19.0	+21.0
14	at	Michigan State	L 82–85	-0.5	-2.5
15	vs	Wisconsin	L 90–92	+9.9	-11.9
15	vs	Indiana	W 71–51	+15.1	+4.9
16	at	USC	W 101–65	+15.1	+20.9
16	at	UCLA	L 94–95	+6.8	-7.8
17	vs	Michigan	L 70–84	-3.3	-10.7
18	vs	Oregon	W 80–54	+22.2	+3.8
18	at	Maryland	W 78–72	+18.6	-12.6
19	N	Wisconsin	L 88–91	+7.1	-10.1
20	N	Pennsylvania	W 105–70	+27.2	+7.8
20	N	VCU	W 76–55	+11.5	+9.5
21	N	Houston	W 65–55	-1.5	+11.5
21	N	Iowa	W 71–59	+8.8	+3.2
22	N	UConn	L 62–71	+2.3	-11.3

Remaining schedule

Wk		Opponent	Projected	Win prob
Season complete.

Season by season

Best finish: #2 in 2004–05. 22 rated seasons. Two ratings appear here and their numbers are not comparable; the rank is. Season links open that year's game log.

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 200 — this team's own range, not the size of the field. Each row below says what its rank was out of. Hover a point for the season.

Season	Rank	Rec	Rating
2025–26	7 of 365	28–9	26.60	Power
2024–25	16 of 364	22–13	19.19	Power
2023–24	12 of 362	29–9	19.40	Power
2022–23	25 of 363	20–13	13.73	Power
2021–22	15 of 358	23–10	16.34	Power
2020–21	5 of 347	24–7	18.72	Power
2019–20	51 of 353	20–10	90.15	MRI
2018–19	188 of 353	12–21	24.01	MRI
2017–18	140 of 351	14–18	50.71	MRI
2016–17	91 of 351	19–15	75.24	MRI
2015–16	186 of 351	15–19	28.03	MRI
2014–15	72 of 351	19–14	85.43	MRI
2013–14	87 of 351	20–15	76.30	MRI
2012–13	58 of 347	21–12	96.52	MRI
2011–12	138 of 345	15–15	48.82	MRI
2010–11	50 of 346	20–14	105.23	MRI
2009–10	80 of 335	21–15	83.79	MRI
2008–09	36 of 330	24–10	117.20	MRI
2007–08	76 of 328	16–19	80.72	MRI
2006–07	35 of 326	23–12	124.05	MRI
2005–06	8 of 326	26–7	160.48	MRI
2004–05	2 of 326	37–2	242.48	MRI