| Omni Rankings™ | 2025 College football | through 1/19/26 games | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Western Illinois schedule | Rating: 50.39 (D-I #228) Projected season record: 4 - 8 overall, 3 - 5 Big South-OVC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | Conf | Ratings and projections | |||||||||||||||||
| Game | Division I opponent | Site | Result | Score | record | record | Streak | Last 5 | Rating | Projection (correct/incorrect winner) | Western Illinois win probability | ||||||||
| 1 | Illinois | Road | Loss | 3 - 52 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | L1 | 49.52 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Northwestern | Road | Loss | 7 - 42 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 0 | L2 | 47.39 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Valparaiso | Home | Win | 51 - 30 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | W1 | 46.67 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Eastern Washington | Road | Loss | 31 - 52 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 0 | L1 | 45.05 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Eastern Illinois | Home | Loss | 23 - 31 | 1 - 4 | 0 - 1 | L2 | 1-4 | 44.15 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Tennessee Tech | Road | Loss | 20 - 66 | 1 - 5 | 0 - 2 | L3 | 1-4 | 44.52 | ||||||||||
| 7 | UT Martin | Road | Loss | 31 - 32 | 1 - 6 | 0 - 3 | L4 | 1-4 | 45.66 | UT Martin by 10 | 26% | ||||||||
| 8 | Charleston Southern | Home | Loss | 24 - 29 | 1 - 7 | 0 - 4 | L5 | 0-5 | 46.02 | Charleston Southern by 8 | 30% | ||||||||
| 9 | Tennessee State | Road | Win | 17 - 16 | 2 - 7 | 1 - 4 | W1 | 1-4 | 46.70 | Tennessee State by 5 | 37% | ||||||||
| 10 | Lindenwood | Home | Win | 24 - 21 | 3 - 7 | 2 - 4 | W2 | 2-3 | 47.72 | Lindenwood by 6 | 35% | ||||||||
| 11 | Southeast Missouri State | Home | Loss | 17 - 22 | 3 - 8 | 2 - 5 | L1 | 2-3 | 47.99 | Southeast Missouri State by 8 | 31% | ||||||||
| 12 | Gardner-Webb | Road | Win | 29 - 24 | 4 - 8 | 3 - 5 | W1 | 3-2 | 50.39 | Gardner-Webb by 17 | 14% | ||||||||
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