Illinois Fighting Illini FBS College Football Ratings & Rankings

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Superior

A- Overall Grade 93

Balanced Beast

Punchless

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vs Alabama-Birmingham, Thu Sep 3

Preseason Performance Rankings: FBS (National)

Illinois Fighting Illini has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2025-26.

Winning 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

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
1	Indiana	16	0
2	Oregon	13	2
3	Ohio State	12	2	1
15	Iowa	9	4
16	Illinois	9	4
17	Southern Cal	9	4
20	Michigan	9	4
26	Washington	9	4
36	Penn State	7	6
41	Minnesota	8	5
49	Northwestern	7	6
51	Wisconsin	4	8
52	Nebraska	7	6
69	Rutgers	5	7
89	UCLA	3	9
90	Michigan St	4	8
117	Purdue	2	10
120	Maryland	4	8

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Fri Aug 29	vs Western Illinois (4-8) (FCS) OVC-Big South · FCS	W52-3
Sat Sep 6	at Duke (9-5) ACC	W45-19
Sat Sep 13	vs Western Michigan (10-4) Mid-American	W38-0
Sat Sep 20	at #1 Indiana (16-0) (#1 nationally) Big Ten	L10-63
Sat Sep 27	vs #17 Southern Cal (9-4) (#17 nationally) Big Ten	W34-32
Sat Oct 4	at Purdue (2-10) Big Ten	W43-27
Sat Oct 11	vs #3 Ohio State (12-2) (#3 nationally) Big Ten	L16-34
Sat Oct 25	at #25 Washington (9-4) (#26 nationally) Big Ten	L25-42
Sat Nov 1	vs Rutgers (5-7) Big Ten	W35-13
Sat Nov 15	vs Maryland (4-8) Big Ten	W24-6
Sat Nov 22	at Wisconsin (4-8) Big Ten	L10-27
Sat Nov 29	vs Northwestern (7-6) Big Ten	W20-13
Tue Dec 30	Tennessee (8-5) SEC	W30-28

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	13	0	0
1	Sep 2	15	1	0	2
2	Sep 7	11	2	0	4
3	Sep 14	12	3	0	1
4	Sep 21	25	3	1	13
5	Sep 28	9	4	1	16
6	Oct 5	7	5	1	2
7	Oct 12	15	5	2	8
8	Oct 19	14	5	2	1
9	Oct 26	28	5	3	14
10	Nov 2	23	6	3	5
11	Nov 9	19	6	3	4
12	Nov 16	19	7	3
13	Nov 23	27	7	4	8
14	Nov 30	24	8	4	3
15	Dec 7	23	8	4	1
16	Dec 14	23	8	4
17	Dec 21	22	8	4	1
18	Dec 28	22	8	4
19	Jan 4	17	9	4	5
20	Jan 10	16	9	4	1
21	Jan 20	16	9	4

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