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Illini Football vs. Ranked Opponents

Updated following the 2024 season

DATE W/L SCORE AP TEAM
10/29/38 L 0-14 13 at Michigan
11/4/39 W 16-7 2 vs. Michigan 
11/18/39 L 0-21 8 at Ohio State
10/19/40 L 0-28 3 at Michigan
10/26/40 L 0-26 2 vs. Notre Dame
10/9/40 L 14-32 10 at Northwestern 
10/25/41 L 14-49 7 at Notre Dame
11/1/41 L 0-20 7 vs. Michigan
11/15/41 L 7-12 20 at Ohio State
11/22/42 L 0-27 10 at Northwestern
10/17/42 W 12-7 19 at Iowa 
10/24/42 L 14-21 8 vs. Notre Dame
10/31/42 L 14-28 13 at Michigan
11/14/42 L 20-44 10 at Ohio State
11/23/43 L 0-47 1 at Notre Dame
10/30/43 L 6-42 7 vs. Michigan 
11/20/43 L 6-53 9 at Northwestern
10/28/44 L 7-13 1 vs. Notre Dame
11/11/44 L 0-14 8 at Michigan
11/18/44 L 12-26 4 at Ohio State
10/27/45 L 0-19 16 vs. Michigan
11/17/45 L 2-27 9 at Ohio State
10/19/46 W 27-21 20 vs. Wisconsin
10/26/46 W 13-9 8 at Michigan 
11/16/46 W 16-7 13 vs. Ohio State
1/1/46 W 45-14 4 vs. UCLA (Rose)
10/11/47 T 0-0 5 vs. Army (Yankee Std.)
10/18/47 W 40-13 13 vs. Minnesota
11/1/47 L 7-14 2 vs. Michigan
10/9/48 L 21-26 5 vs. Army
10/16/48 L 0-6 11 at Minnesota
10/30/48 L 20-28 1 at Michigan
10/20/48 L 7-20 7 at Northwestern
10/29/49 L 0-13 6 vs. Michigan
11/12/49 L 17-30 12 at Ohio State
10/21/50 W 20-13 10 vs. Washington
11/18/50 W 14-7 1 vs. Ohio State
10/20/51 W 27-20 20 at Washington
11/3/51 W 7-0 15 vs. Michigan
1/1/51 W 40-7 8 vs. Stanford (Rose)
10/4/52 L 6-20 8 at Wisconsin
11/1/52 W 22-13 15 at Michigan
10/10/53 W 41-20 3 at Ohio State
11/7/53 W 19-3 17 vs. Michigan 
10/9/54 L 7-40 10 vs. Ohio State
10/16/54 L 6-19 11 at Minnesota
10/30/54 L 14-28 9 at Purdue
11/13/54 L 14-27 14 vs. Wisconsin
10/22/55 L 7-21 6 at Michigan State
11/5/55 W 25-6 3 vs. Michigan
10/13/56  L  6-26  5 vs. Ohio State
10/27/56  W  20-13  1 vs. Michigan State
11/10/56  L  7-17  10 vs. Michigan
10/19/57  W  34-13  4 vs. Minnesota 
10/26/57  L  14-19  8 at Michigan State
11/9/57  W  20-19  11 vs. Michigan
10/11/58  L  13-19  5 vs. Ohio State
10/25/58  W  16-0  5 vs. Michigan State 
11/1/58  L  8-31  10 vs. Purdue
11/15/58  L  12-31  5 vs. Wisconsin 
11/23/58  W  27-20  20 vs. Northwestern
10/3/59  W  20-14  4 vs. Army
10/24/59  L  9-20  10 vs. Penn State
10/31/59 T  7-7  7 vs. Purdue 
11/14/59  W  9-6  7 at Wisconsin
11/21/59  W  28-0  8 vs. Northwestern
10/8/60  L  7-34  5 vs. Ohio State
10/15/60  L  10-21  10 vs. Minnesota
10/29/60  W  14-12  15 vs. Purdue
10/14/61 L  0-44  7 vs. Ohio State
11/25/61  L  7-34  8 at Michigan State
10/13/62  L  15-51  10 vs. Ohio State
10/27/62  L  16-28  4 vs. USC
10/5/63  W  10-9  4 vs. Northwestern 
10/12/63  T  20-20  8 at Ohio State
11/28/63  W  13-0  4 at Michigan State
10/10/64  L  0-26  4 vs. Ohio State
10/2/65  L  12-22  9 at Michigan State
10/30/65  W  21-0  6 vs. Purdue
10/1/66 L 10-26  1 vs. Michigan State
10/26/68 L 24-31  2 vs. Ohio State
11/2/68 L 17-35  6 vs. Purdue
11/9/68 L 0-36  7 at Michigan
9/27/69 L 6-37  11 vs. Missouri (Busch)
10/25/69 L 0-41  1 at Ohio State
11/8/69 L 0-57  18 vs. Michigan 
10/24/70 L 29-48  1 vs. Ohio State
11/7/70 L 0-42  5 at Michigan
9/25/71 L 0-28  16 at USC
10/2/71 L 14-52 15 vs. Washington
10/9/71 L 10-24  15 vs. Ohio State
10/16/71 L 6-35  3 at Michigan
10/23/71 W 21-7  17 vs. Purdue
9/23/72 L 20-55 1 vs. USC
10/14/72 L 7-26  4 at Ohio State
10/21/72 L 7-31  6 vs. Michigan
11/3/73 L 0-30  1 vs. Ohio State
11/10/73 L 6-21  4 at Michigan
9/21/74 W 41-7  19 at Stanford
11/2/74 L 7-49  1 at Ohio State
11/9/74 L 6-14  4 vs. Michigan
9/20/75 L 20-30  5 vs. Missouri
9/27/75 L 13-43  8 at Texas A&M
10/25/75 W 21-19 16 at Michigan State
11/8/75 L 3-40  1 vs. Ohio State
11/15/75 L 15-21  4 vs. Michigan
9/18/76 W 31-6  6 at Missouri
11/6/76 L 10-42  8 at Ohio State
11/13/76 L 7-38  4 at Michigan
9/10/77 L 9-37  2 vs. Michigan
10/8/77 L 0-26  19 at Wisconsin
11/5/77 L 0-35  4 vs. Ohio State
9/16/78 L 0-31  4 at Michigan
10/21/78 L 0-13 19 vs. Purdue
11/4/78 L 19-59  18 at Michigan State
9/8/79 L 16-33  10 at Michigan State
9/15/79 L 6-14 11 vs. Missouri
10/13/79 L 14-28 20 at Purdue
10/20/79 L 7-27  11 vs. Michigan
11/3/79 L 7-44  5 vs. Ohio State
9/20/80 L 7-52  15 at Missouri
11/8/80 L 42-49 7 at Ohio State
9/5/81 L 6-26  8 at Pittsburgh
10/31/81 W 24-7  16 vs. Iowa
11/7/81 L 21-70  12 at Michigan
9/25/82 L 3-20  3 vs. Pittsburgh
10/2/82 W 42-24  19 at Minnesota
11/6/82 L 10-16  15 vs. Michigan
9/24/83 W 20-10 14 at Michigan State
10/1/83 W 33-0  4 vs. Iowa
10/15/83 W 17-13  6 vs. Ohio State
10/29/83 W 16-6  8 vs. Michigan
10/13/84 L 38-45  8 at Ohio State
9/7/85 L 10-20  6 vs. USC
9/21/85 L 25-52  18 at Nebraska
10/5/85 W 31-28  5 vs. Ohio State
11/2/85 T 3-3 4 vs. Michigan
11/9/85 L 0-59  6 at Iowa
9/20/86 L 14-59  6 vs. Nebraska
11/1/86 L 13-69  3 at Michigan
11/8/86 W 20-16  16 vs. Iowa
9/12/87 L 7-21  15 vs. Arizona State
10/3/87 L 6-10  9 vs. Ohio State
10/24/87 T 14-14  14 at Michigan State
11/7/87 L 22-34  18 at Indiana
11/5/88 W 21-20  20 vs. Indiana
11/12/88 L 9-38  13 at Michigan
9/4/89 W 14-13  5 at USC
9/8/89 L 7-38  8 at Colorado
11/11/89 L 10-24  3 vs. Michigan
1/1/90 W 31-21  14 vs. Virginia (Citrus)
9/15/90 W 23-22  9 vs. Colorado
10/6/90 W 31-20  20 at Ohio State
10/20/90 W 15-13  24 vs. Michigan State
11/3/90 L 28-54  13 vs. Iowa
11/10/90 L 17-22  19 at Michigan
1/1/91 L 0-30  14 vs. Clemson (HOF)
9/21/91 W 51-10  21 vs. Houston
10/12/91 W 10-7  11 vs. Ohio State
10/19/91 L 21-24  15 at Iowa
11/11/91 L 0-20  4 vs. Michigan
12/30/91 L 3-6  22 vs. UCLA  (Hancock)
DATE W/L SCORE AP C TEAM
10/10/92 W 18-16  22 20 at Ohio State
11/14/92 T 22-22  3 3 at Michigan
12/30/92 L 17-27 - 24 vs. Hawaii (Holiday)
9/18/93 L 14-16  15 15 vs. Arizona
10/9/93 L 12-20  6 7 vs. Ohio State
10/23/93 W 24-21  13 14 at Michigan
11/13/93 L 14-28  16 14 at Penn State
11/20/93 L 10-35  12 11 vs. Wisconsin
10/8/94 W 24-10  17 11 at Ohio State
10/22/94 L 14-19  11 12 vs. Michigan
11/12/94 L 31-35  2 2 vs. Penn State
9/2/95 L 14-38  13 12 vs. Michigan
9/9/95 L 31-34  24 - at Oregon
9/16/95 W 9-7  17 16 vs. Arizona
10/28/95 L 14-17  8 8 vs. Northwestern
11/11/95 L 3-41  2 2 at Ohio State
8/31/96 L 8-20  12 11 at Michigan
9/7/96 L 3-55  19 21 vs. USC
10/20/96 L 24-27  11 15 at Northwestern
11/2/96 L 21-31  25 - vs. Iowa
11/9/96 L 0-48  2 3 vs. Ohio State
9/20/97 L 22-35  19 20 vs. Washington State
9/27/97 L 10-38  11 9 at Iowa
10/4/97 L 6-41  2 2 vs. Penn State
10/25/97 L 3-48  22 23 vs. Purdue
11/15/97 L 15-41  4 4 at Ohio State
DATE W/L SCORE AP C BCS TEAM
10/10/98 L 0-41  1 1 vs. Ohio State
10/17/98 L 3-37  9 9 vs. Wisconsin
10/31/98 L 0-27  10 10 10 vs. Penn State
9/25/99 L 10-27  19 21 vs. Michigan State
10/23/99 W 35-29  9 9 at Michigan
10/30/99 L 7-27  2 2 2 vs. Penn State
11/13/99 W 46-20  25 - - vs. Ohio State
10/23/00 L 31-35 10 16 - vs. Michigan
11/11/00 L 21-24  13 14 13 vs. Ohio State
11/18/00 L 61-23  23 12 - at Northwestern
9/22/01 W 34-10  25 - vs. Louisville
9/29/01 L 20-45  17 17 at Michigan
11/3/01 W 38-13  20 15 14 at Purdue
11/17/01 W 34-22  25 - - at Ohio State
1/1/02 L 34-47  12 12 13 vs. LSU (Sugar)
9/28/02 L 28-45  14 14 vs. Michigan
11/2/02 L 7-18  20 21 - at Penn State
11/16/02 L 16-23  2 2 1 vs. Ohio State
10/4/03 L 10-43 22 23 at Purdue
10/11/03 L 14-49 21 23 vs. Michigan State
10/18/03 L 14-56 17 17 at Michigan
10/25/03 L 10-36 - 24 - vs. Minnesota
11/1/03 L 10-41 13 14 11 at Iowa
9/25/04 L 30-38 15 15 vs. Purdue
10/16/04 L 19-30 14 13 vs. Michigan
10/30/04 L 13-23 23 24 23 vs. Iowa
9/17/05 L 20-35 15 15 at California
9/24/05 L 14-56 17 13 vs. Michigan State
10/22/05 L 10-63 12 14 10 vs. Penn State
10/29/05 L 24-41 15 15 12 vs. Wisconsin
11/5/05 L 2-40 12 12 10 at Ohio State
9/23/06 L 7-24 14 14 vs. Iowa
10/28/06 L 24-30 17 18 18 at Wisconsin
11/11/06 L 10-17 1 1 1 vs. Ohio State
9/29/07 W 27-20 21 19 vs. Penn State
10/6/07 W 31-26 5 5 vs. Wisconsin
10/20/07 L 17-27 24 - 25 vs. MIchigan
11/10/07 W 28-21 1 1 1 at Ohio State
1/1/08 L 17-49 6 6 7 vs. USC (Rose)
8/30/08 L 42-52 6 7 vs. Missouri
9/27/08 L 24-38 12 12 at Penn State
11/15/08 L 20-30 10 10 11 vs. Ohio State
9/26/09 L 0-30 13 11 at Ohio State
10/3/09 L 17-35 15 13 vs. Penn State
11/27/09 L 36-49 5 5 5 at Cincinnati
10/2/10 L 13-24 2 2 vs. Ohio State
10/16/10 L 6-26 13 11 at Michigan State
9/17/11 W 17-14 22 18 vs. Arizona State
10/29/11 L 7-10 21 19 at Penn State
11/12/11 L 14-31 22 21 15 vs. Michigan
11/19/11 L 17-28 15 13 17 vs. Wisconsin
10/13/12 L 0-45 25 - at Michigan
11/3/12 L 22-52 6 - at Ohio State
9/14/13 L 24-34 19 23 vs. Washington
10/19/13 L 32-56 25 - vs. Wisconsin
11/16/13 L 35-60 3 3 3 vs. Ohio State
DATE W/L SCORE AP C CFP TEAM
9/27/14 L 14-45 21 19 at Nebraska
10/25/14 W 28-24 - 24 vs. Minnesota
11/1/14 L 14-55 13 13 16 at Ohio State
10/10/15 L 20-29 22 23 at Iowa
11/14/15 L 3-28 2 1 3 vs. Ohio State
11/28/15 L 14-24 17 17 16 vs. Northwestern
10/1/16 L 16-31 15 15 at Nebraska
10/22/16 L 8-41 3 4 at Michigan
11/12/16 L 3-48 7 7 7 at Wisconsin
9/15/17 L 23-47 22 21 at South Florida
10/28/17 L 10-24 5 5 vs. Wisconsin
11/18/17 L 14-52 8 8 9 at Ohio State
11/25/17 L 7-42 23 23 22 vs. Northwestern
9/21/18 L 24-63 10 9 vs. Penn State
10/20/18 L 20-49 23 19 at Wisconsin
11/24/18 L 16-24 20 21 19 at Northwestern
10/12/19 L 25-42 16 16 vs. Michigan
10/19/19 W 24-23 6 6 vs. Wisconsin
11/23/19 L 10-19 19 20 17 at Iowa
10/23/20 L 7-45 14 14 at Wisconsin
12/5/20 L 21-35 24 24 19 vs. Iowa
12/12/20 L 10-28 15 14 14 at Northwestern
10/23/21 W 20-18 (9 OT) 7 8 at Penn State
11/6/21 W 14-6 - - 20 at Minnesota
11/20/21 L 23-33 18 14 17 at Iowa
11/19/22 L 17-19 3 3 3 at Michigan
1/2/23 L 10-19 24 23 22 vs. Mississippi State (ReliaQuest)
9/16/23 L 13-30 7 7 vs. Penn State
11/18/23 L 13-15 - 23 16 at Iowa
9/7/24 W 23-17 19 20 vs. Kansas
9/20/24 W 31-24 (OT) 22 22 at Nebraska
9/28/24 L 7-21 9 8 at Penn State
10/19/24 W 21-7 24 22 vs. Michigan
10/26/24 L 9-38 1 1 at Oregon
12/31/24 W 21-17 14 14 15 vs. South Carolina (Citrus)