Illinois Fighting Illini
FBS
Big Ten Conference · ILL
Team Vitals
+10.3
power · 2026 · #29 D1
+5.0 / +5.3
off / def (higher = better)
9–4
2025 record
118
roster (2025)
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | Wk 1 | UAB FBS | HOME | Illinois 79% |
| 2026-09-12 | Wk 2 | Duke FBS | HOME | Illinois 59% |
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Southern Illinois FCS | HOME | Illinois 66% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | Ohio State FBS | AWAY | Ohio State 73% |
| 2026-10-03 | Wk 5 | Purdue FBS | HOME | Illinois 71% |
| 2026-10-10 | Wk 6 | Michigan State FBS | AWAY | Illinois 59% |
| 2026-10-24 | Wk 8 | Oregon FBS | HOME | Oregon 60% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | Maryland FBS | AWAY | Illinois 59% |
| 2026-11-06 | Wk 10 | Nebraska FBS | HOME | Illinois 66% |
| 2026-11-13 | Wk 11 | UCLA FBS | AWAY | Illinois 61% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | Iowa FBS | HOME | Illinois 50% |
| 2026-11-28 | Wk 13 | Northwestern FBS | AWAY | Illinois 54% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 2025 | Bowl | Tennessee vs | W | 30–28 |
| 2025-11-29 | 2025 | Wk 14 | Northwestern vs | W | 20–13 |
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | Wisconsin @ | L | 10–27 |
| 2025-11-15 | 2025 | Wk 12 | Maryland vs | W | 24–6 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025 | Wk 10 | Rutgers vs | W | 35–13 |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025 | Wk 9 | Washington @ | L | 25–42 |
| 2025-10-11 | 2025 | Wk 7 | Ohio State vs | L | 16–34 |
| 2025-10-04 | 2025 | Wk 6 | Purdue @ | W | 43–27 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025 | Wk 5 | USC vs | W | 34–32 |
| 2025-09-20 | 2025 | Wk 4 | Indiana @ | L | 10–63 |
| 2025-09-13 | 2025 | Wk 3 | Western Michigan vs | W | 38–0 |
| 2025-09-06 | 2025 | Wk 2 | Duke @ | W | 45–19 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 382 | 307 | +75 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 368 | 282 | +86 |
| 2023 | 5 | 7 | 294 | 353 | -59 |
| 2022 | 8 | 5 | 315 | 166 | +149 |
| 2021 | 5 | 7 | 242 | 263 | -21 |
| 2020 | 2 | 6 | 161 | 279 | -118 |
| 2019 | 6 | 7 | 347 | 340 | +7 |
| 2018 | 4 | 8 | 312 | 473 | -161 |
| 2017 | 2 | 10 | 185 | 378 | -193 |
| 2016 | 3 | 9 | 236 | 383 | -147 |
| 2015 | 5 | 7 | 272 | 279 | -7 |
Injuries
None reported.
Player grades 2025 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). 2025 is the last season played, so these describe that team, not this year's. OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2025 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Altmyer | QB | 77 | #34 | 12 | 2,811 pass yds · 21 TD · 5 INT |
| Hank Beatty | WR | 76 | #111 | 12 | 64 rec · 826 yds · 3 TD |
| Miles Scott | DB | 76 | #142 | 12 | 59 tkl · 4 PD · 3 INT |
| Matthew Bailey | DB | 75 | #160 | 12 | 76 tkl · 2 PD |
| David Olano | K | 73 | #33 | 12 | 17 FG · 41 XP · 92 pts |
| Gabe Jacas | LB | 72 | #141 | 12 | 43 tkl · 11.0 sacks · 13.5 TFL |
| Juice Clarke | DB | 71 | #251 | 7 | 29 tkl · 7 PD |
| Kaden Feagin | RB | 71 | #157 | 12 | 499 rush yds · 7 TD · 16 rec |
| Josh Gesky team-inferred | OL | 69 | #72 | 1 | — |
| Collin Dixon | WR | 67 | #325 | 12 | 33 rec · 538 yds · 5 TD |
| Cole Rusk | TE | 66 | #130 | 8 | 19 rec · 217 yds · 1 TD |
| Dylan Rosiek | LB | 66 | #292 | 10 | 49 tkl · 3.5 TFL |
| Tomiwa Durojaiye | DL | 64 | #460 | 8 | 16 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 4.5 TFL |
| James Thompson Jr. | DL | 63 | #518 | 11 | 34 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 2.5 TFL |
| Ca'Lil Valentine | RB | 62 | #404 | 12 | 549 rush yds · 4 TD · 7 rec |
| Aidan Laughery | RB | 62 | #423 | 8 | 305 rush yds · 3 TD · 9 rec |
| Ashton Hollins | WR | 62 | #568 | 2 | 3 rec · 90 yds · 1 TD |
| Torrie Cox Jr. | DB | 61 | #734 | 12 | 46 tkl · 3 PD · 1 INT |
| Hudson Clement | WR | 61 | #599 | 12 | 33 rec · 406 yds · 3 TD |
| Xavier Scott | DB | 58 | #998 | 3 | 6 tkl · 2 PD |
| Tanner Heckel | DB | 57 | #1023 | 12 | 34 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT |
| Gentle Hunt | DL | 57 | #858 | 4 | 9 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL |
| Justin Bowick | WR | 56 | #883 | 10 | 19 rec · 234 yds · 4 TD |
| Keelan Crimmins | P | 56 | #109 | 12 | 35 punts · 44.0 yd avg |
| Tanner Arkin | TE | 56 | #316 | 7 | 11 rec · 91 yds · 2 TD |
| Davin Stoffel | TE | 55 | #333 | 1 | 1 rec · 24 yds |
| Angelo McCullom | DL | 55 | #998 | 10 | 18 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 2.0 TFL |
| James Kreutz | LB | 54 | #815 | 9 | 26 tkl · 2.5 TFL |
| Christian Abney | TE | 52 | #420 | 1 | 1 rec · 12 yds |
| Ethan Hampton | QB | 51 | #456 | 2 | 27 pass yds · 1 INT |
| Tyler Strain | DB | 50 | #1656 | 3 | 9 tkl |
| Pat Farrell | DL | 49 | #1409 | 8 | 11 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 2.0 TFL |
| Jojo Hayden | LB | 49 | #1084 | 8 | 26 tkl · 1.5 TFL |
| Grant Beerman | LB | 48 | #1098 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Amar Reynolds | DB | 47 | #1935 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Carter Smith | LB | 45 | #1258 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Luke Zardzin | LB | 44 | #1329 | 2 | 5 tkl |
| Joe Barna | LB | 44 | #1337 | 8 | 16 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Saboor Karriem | DB | 44 | #2175 | 6 | 18 tkl |
| Karson Kaiser | WR | 43 | #1723 | 1 | — |