Illinois Fighting Illini FBS College Football Ratings & Rankings

College Football

Illinois

Fighting Illini

Superior

B- Overall Grade 82

Brutal Schedule

Dark Horse

Mid Pack Menace

3-3 Record

50% Win %

#60 FBS Rank#66 nat'l

31.8 Pts / Game

W 1 Streak

Next Up:
vs Oregon, Sat Oct 24

Performance Rankings: FBS (National)

Illinois Fighting Illini has been rated by Versus for 20 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2026-27.

Winning season .500 season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	9-4	69.2%	—
2008-09	5-7	41.7%	—
2009-10	3-9	25.0%	—
2010-11	7-6	53.8%	#42
2011-12	7-6	53.8%	#52
2012-13	2-10	16.7%	#103
2013-14	4-8	33.3%	#80
2014-15	6-7	46.2%	#57
2015-16	5-7	41.7%	#58
2016-17	3-9	25.0%	#93
2017-18	2-10	16.7%	#98
2018-19	4-8	33.3%	#95
2019-20	6-7	46.2%	#75
2020-21	2-6	25.0%	#89
2021-22	5-7	41.7%	#64
2022-23	8-5	61.5%	#31
2023-24	5-7	41.7%	#68
2024-25	10-3	76.9%	#8
2025-26	9-4	69.2%	#16
2026-27	3-3	50.0%	#60

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
5	UCLA	5	0	12
8	Indiana	6	0	1
13	Ohio State	5	1	7
19	Northwestern	4	1	3
20	Iowa	5	1	9
21	Oregon	3	2	11
25	Wisconsin	4	1	7
26	Nebraska	5	1	15
27	Southern Cal	6	1	11
34	Purdue	3	3	32
40	Michigan	3	2	3
41	Minnesota	4	2	10
66	Illinois	3	3	34
70	Penn State	3	3	24
88	Michigan St	2	4	40
96	Washington	3	3	31
156	Maryland	2	4	3
280	Rutgers	1	4	67

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Thu Sep 3	vs Alabama-Birmingham (3-3) AAC	W42-23
Sat Sep 12	vs Duke (4-1) ACC	L27-31
Sat Sep 19	vs Southern Illinois (3-4) (FCS) Missouri Valley · FCS	W48-10
Sat Sep 26	at #13 Ohio State (5-1) (#13 nationally) Big Ten	L19-42
Sat Oct 3	vs Purdue (3-3) Big Ten	L17-24
Sat Oct 10	at Michigan St (2-4) Big Ten	W38-37