2026 Illinois Fighting Illini Football Schedule, Results & ATS Record

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The 2026 Illinois Fighting Illini went 2-1 (0-0 in the Big Ten). They scored 39.0 and allowed 21.3 points per game. Against the closing spread they went 1-2-0; games went 3-0-0 on the total. SP+ rated them No. 33 nationally.

Team details

  • Conference: Big Ten
  • Record: 2-1
  • Conference record: 0-0
  • Against the spread: 1-2-0
  • Over/under: 3-0-0
  • SP+ rank: No. 33

2026 schedule and results

WkOpponentDateResultScoreSpreadATSO/U
1UAB2026-09-04W42-23-26LO 54
2Duke2026-09-12L27-31-6.5LO 51.5
3Southern Illinois2026-09-19W48-10-34.5WO 55.5
4at Ohio State2026-09-26+27None 54
5Purdue2026-10-03
6at Michigan State2026-10-10
8Oregon2026-10-24
9at Maryland2026-10-31
10Nebraska2026-11-07
11at UCLA2026-11-14
12Iowa2026-11-21
13at Northwestern2026-11-28-3.5None 52.5

Passing leaders

PlayerGCmpAttYdsTDINT
Katin Houser3608175882
Team201000

Rushing leaders

PlayerGAttYdsTD
Ca'Lil Valentine3381771
Aidan Laughery3221591
Javari Barnett18501
Jordan Anderson26161
Carson Boyd1180

Receiving leaders

PlayerGRecYdsTD
Collin Dixon3253677
Hudson Clement3121400
Ty Robinson34881
Brayden Trimble39850
Davin Stoffel22260

Defensive leaders

PlayerGTacklesTFLSacksINTPD
Ismael Kante3151010
Matthew Bailey3140011
Jaheim Clarke314002
James Kreutz3121.501
Mac Resetich311001

Data provided by CollegeFootballData.com