Big Ten · 2026

Illinois

4–3

CFPi+ rank#41of 138 FBS teams

+7.1CFPi+ rating

#14Best: Head coach

#88Weakest: EPi+ efficiency

5Games left

CFPi+ index

Where the team ranks

CFPi+#41+7.1

Offense#34+31.2

Defense#57+24.1

EPi+ efficiency index

How efficiently it plays

EPi+#88-5.6

Off EPi+#22+8.8

Def EPi+#134+14.4

Advanced stats

Offense and defense

Stat	Offense	Defense
Success rate	#3047.6%	#12546.2%
Explosiveness	#46+1.283	#85+1.266
Havoc rate	#1411.3%	#12012.9%
Pass PPA	#46+0.309	#127+0.385
Rush PPA	#51+0.141	#111+0.154

Raw season splits, not opponent-adjusted. Defense #1 is the stingiest in the country.

TPi+ talent index

The roster and the staff

TPi+#51+2.9

Recruiting#49+5.6

Returning#99-8.9

247 talent#51704.0

Head coach#14+15.1

National composite

What other systems say

Composite#53+5.5

SP+#47+6.8

SP+ off#36+31.7

SP+ def#63+25.5

ESPN FPI#48+6.4

Traditional stats

The box-score view

Yards/G#66392.4

Yards/G allowed#98382.4

Pass yards/G#67231.0

Rush yards/G#63161.4

3rd down#2945.8%

3rd down allowed#10741.8%

Sacks/G#1301.0

Takeaways/G#1320.6

Ranks are national out of 138 FBS teams and #1 is best. The bar shows where a rank sits in the field; the rating is the source beneath it.

2026 schedule

Every game, with the model's read

Wk	Opponent	Result	Projected
1	vsUAB	W 42–23	Final
2	vsDuke	L 27–31	Final
3	vsSouthern Illinois	W 48–10	Final
4	@#3Ohio State	L 19–42	Final
5	vsPurdue	L 17–24	Final
6	@Michigan State	W 38–37	Final
8	vs#11Oregon	W 21–10	Final
9	@Maryland	—
10	vs#19Nebraska	—
11	@#18UCLA	—
12	vsIowa	—
13	@Northwestern	—

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