Big Ten·Champaign, IL

ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI

Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL) · 39–32 across six scored seasons

BOOMBLÄT All-Time Score
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No. 58 of 136 scored programs · six FBS seasons, era-decayed · schedule-strength dampened (3 of 6 Illinois seasons below the FBS mean)
Beyond the Fighting Illini
Big Ten Avg64▼ −3 vs conferenceBig Ten Rank9thof 18 membersFBS Rank58thof 136 scored
Season Scores2020–2025 · older seasons fade with era decay
38
20202–649
20215–785
2022ReliaQuest Bowl42
20235–769
2024Citrus Bowl71
2025Music City Bowl
Season scores are percentile ranks vs every scored FBS team-season. The all-time score reads lower than the bars because each season's contribution is dampened for schedule strength (see below). Box-score data begins in 2020.
Schedule StrengthOpponents' avg win% · FBS mean 0.508 (tick) · contribution multiplier right
2020
.502× 0.99
2021
.544× 1.00
2022
.480× 0.96
2023
.544× 1.00
2024
.502× 0.99
2025
.554× 1.00
Game and season scores never change for schedule strength — a dominant game is a dominant game. Only the all-time score weighs a season by who it was played against: seasons below the FBS mean count for less (floor × 0.85); seasons above it are never boosted.
Most Recent Game Timeline
Tennessee 28–30 Illinois · Dec 30, 2025 →
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Recent GamesLast 10 · BOOMBLÄT game score right
Conference ContextBig Ten →
Championship HistorySince 1998
No BCS or CFP National Championship appearances.
Quick Stats
2025 Record
9–4 · Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl
Best Season
2022 · 85 BANG
PTS For · 2025
382
PTS Against · 2025
307
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Stadium
Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
About the Program
The Fighting Illini play at Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL) in Champaign, IL, in the Big Ten. Across six scored seasons they are 39–32, peaking at 85 BANG in 2022 — every game since 2020 scored from the box score on BOOMBLÄT.