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Illini Football vs. Ranked Opponents

Updated following the 2025 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)

9/20/25	L	10-63	19	17		at Indiana
9/27/25	W	34-32	21	22		vs. USC
10/11/25	L	16-24	1	1		vs. Ohio State
12/30/25	W	30-28	-	23	-	vs. Tennessee (Music City)

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