| Omni Rankings™ | 2024 College football | through 1/4/25 games | |||||||||||||||||
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| Illinois schedule | Rating: 89.42 (D-I #40) Projected season record: 10 - 3 overall, 6 - 3 Big Ten | ||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | Conf | Ratings and projections | |||||||||||||||||
| Game | Division I opponent | Site | Result | Score | record | record | Streak | Last 5 | Rating | Projection (correct/incorrect winner) | Illinois win probability | ||||||||
| 1 | Eastern Illinois | Home | Win | 45 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | W1 | 84.91 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Kansas | Home | Win | 23 - 17 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | W2 | 87.23 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Central Michigan | Home | Win | 30 - 9 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 0 | W3 | 86.44 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Nebraska | Road | Win | 31 - 24 | OT | 4 - 0 | 1 - 0 | W4 | 87.43 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Penn State | Road | Loss | 7 - 21 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 1 | L1 | 4-1 | 87.11 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Purdue | Home | Win | 50 - 49 | OT | 5 - 1 | 2 - 1 | W1 | 4-1 | 84.06 | Illinois by 23 | 91% | |||||||
| 7 | Michigan | Home | Win | 21 - 7 | 6 - 1 | 3 - 1 | W2 | 4-1 | 86.61 | Michigan by 6 | 34% | ||||||||
| 8 | Oregon | Road | Loss | 9 - 38 | 6 - 2 | 3 - 2 | L1 | 3-2 | 85.56 | Oregon by 20 | 11% | ||||||||
| 9 | Minnesota | Home | Loss | 17 - 25 | 6 - 3 | 3 - 3 | L2 | 2-3 | 84.88 | Minnesota by 2 | 45% | ||||||||
| 10 | Michigan State | Home | Win | 38 - 16 | 7 - 3 | 4 - 3 | W1 | 3-2 | 86.97 | Illinois by 4 | 59% | ||||||||
| 11 | Rutgers | Road | Win | 38 - 31 | 8 - 3 | 5 - 3 | W2 | 3-2 | 87.81 | Rutgers by 1 | 48% | ||||||||
| 12 | Northwestern | Home | Win | 38 - 28 | 9 - 3 | 6 - 3 | W3 | 3-2 | 87.76 | Illinois by 10 | 74% | ||||||||
| 13 | South Carolina | Neutral | Win | 21 - 17 | 10 - 3 | 6 - 3 | W4 | 4-1 | 89.42 | South Carolina by 12 | 23% | ||||||||
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