Oct 31, 6:19 PM EDTstats the morning after a game; scores and grades the same night

Illinois

5–3 FBS · Big Ten · this season
Rating
+2.2
Rank
58
Résumé
59
Projected wins
5.9▲ 0.1 vs preseason
CFP odds
<1%

Schedule

our line · the market · graded at the early week line
DateOpponentOur lineOursMarketResultPerf.Our call
Thu, Sep 39/3UABUABILL −12.7ILL −28.5W 42–2358UAB · W
Sat, Sep 129/12DukeDUKEILL −4.7ILL −6.5L 27–3140DUKE · W
Sat, Sep 199/19Southern IllinoisSouthern IllinoisILL −34.3ILL −35.5W 48–1079
Sat, Sep 269/26at Ohio StateOSUILL +27.7ILL +27.0L 19–4243OSU · L
Sat, Oct 310/3PurduePURILL −16.8ILL −10.0L 17–2446ILL · L
Sat, Oct 1010/10at Michigan StateMSUILL −2.3ILL −3.5W 38–3734MSU · W
Sat, Oct 2410/24OregonOREILL +8.2ILL +9.5W 21–1056ILL · W
Sat, Oct 3110/31at MarylandMDILL −5.6ILL −2.5W 20–17—ILL · W
Fri, Nov 1311/13at UCLAUCLAILL +11.4—wk 11
Sat, Nov 2111/21IowaIOWAILL +4.5—wk 12
Sat, Nov 2811/28at NorthwesternNUILL +7.7ILL −3.5wk 13

Model on ILL games: 5–2 ATS at the early week line · as the favorite 1–2 · as the dog 4–0 · home 2–2, away 3–0 · avg gap to the market +4.1 · closer than the market 4 of 7

Outlook

from 10,000 season simulations
Projected wins
5.95–3 banked, 4 to play · preseason 5.8
Bowl (6+)30%
9+ wins0%
11+ wins0%

The 4 games left add 0.9 expected wins.

Playoff picture
Reach title game<1%
Win conference<1%
Make the CFP<1%
First-round bye0%
Win it all0%

Full bracket on the playoffs page.

Offense and defense

8 games · rank of 138 FBS
rank of 138
Offense
EPA per play+0.1735th
Success rate47.6%30th
Pass EPA+0.1938th
Rush EPA+0.1436th
Explosive rate13.4%52nd
Quality-drive rate54.5%45th
Points per quality drive4.349th
Defense
EPA allowed+0.19126th
Success allowed45.9%122nd
Pass EPA allowed+0.27125th
Rush EPA allowed+0.10100th
Explosive allowed11.0%58th
Havoc rate11.3%123rd

Special teams, luck and schedule

through the latest board
rank of 138
Special teams & luck
Special teams EPA / game−0.394th
Turnover margin072nd · exp. +1.0
Field position margin−0.7 yd85th
Hidden points / game+0.2banked
Luck, wins+1.23.8 earned
One-score record2–2flipped 5–3
Rush rate over expected−4.2%102nd
Overall
Rating, pts vs average+2.258th
Schedule played+3.638th
Schedule remaining+12.28th
Full schedule+6.718th
Pregame expected wins2.3of 8

Ranking by week

ours vs the AP poll
151025Wk 0Wk 3Wk 6Wk 9
Ours 58th · +2.2Week 9
Where they sit · offense vs defensepinch or ⌘/ctrl + scroll to zoom · drag to move · double-tap to reset
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Illinoisoff +0.17 35thdef +0.19 allowed · 126th

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Records and stats cover FBS-vs-FBS games only — the games the model grades. Rate stats exclude garbage time (a lead of 38+ in the first half, 28+ in the third quarter, 22+ in the fourth); turnovers are counted whole. Hover a row for its definition.