The MRI
2026 · Week 2

Illinois · 2017

2–10 · #112 of 130 · MRI -28.11 · MRI Classic

OpponentResult
vs Ball State W 24–21
vs Western Kentucky W 20–7
at USF L 23–47
vs Nebraska L 6–28
at Iowa L 16–45
vs Rutgers L 24–35
at Minnesota L 17–24
vs Wisconsin L 10–24
at Purdue L 10–29
vs Indiana L 14–24
at Ohio State L 14–52
vs Northwestern L 7–42

No expected-margin column for this season: MRI 2.0 rates college football from 2020 onward, and these games were rated by the original formula, which scores a result rather than predicting one.

The workbook for this season carries no dates, so games are listed in the order it recorded them rather than chronologically.

Illinois · 2017 rankings