Oct 13, 7:43 AM EDTstats the morning after a game; scores and grades the same night

Illinois

3–3 FBS · Big Ten · this season
Rating
+0.4
Rank
61
Résumé
81
Projected wins
5.2▼ 0.6 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 48–1078
Sat, Sep 269/26at Ohio StateOSUILL +27.7ILL +27.0L 19–4242OSU · 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 3110/31at MarylandMDILL −5.0—wk 9
Fri, Nov 1311/13at UCLAUCLAILL +11.0—wk 11
Sat, Nov 2111/21IowaIOWAILL +6.4—wk 12
Sat, Nov 2811/28at NorthwesternNUILL +6.4ILL −3.5wk 13

Model on ILL games: 3–2 ATS at the early week line · as the favorite 0–2 · as the dog 3–0 · home 1–2, away 2–0 · avg gap to the market +4.8 · closer than the market 3 of 5

Outlook

from 10,000 season simulations
Projected wins
5.23–3 banked, 6 to play · preseason 5.8
Bowl (6+)16%
9+ wins0%
11+ wins0%

The 6 games left add 2.2 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

6 games · rank of 138 FBS
rank of 138
Offense
EPA per play+0.2029th
Success rate49.6%18th
Pass EPA+0.2828th
Rush EPA+0.1061st
Explosive rate13.9%45th
Quality-drive rate61.1%19th
Points per quality drive4.353rd
Defense
EPA allowed+0.25136th
Success allowed46.1%119th
Pass EPA allowed+0.41137th
Rush EPA allowed+0.0995th
Explosive allowed11.0%54th
Havoc rate6.6%122nd

Special teams, luck and schedule

through the latest board
rank of 138
Special teams & luck
Special teams EPA / game−1.2105th
Turnover margin−294th · exp. +0.5
Field position margin−1.1 yd90th
Hidden points / game−0.8gave up
Luck, wins+0.62.4 earned
One-score record1–2flipped 4–2
Rush rate over expected−6.7%121st
Overall
Rating, pts vs average+0.461st
Schedule played+3.538th
Schedule remaining+9.317th
Full schedule+6.719th
Pregame expected wins2.3of 6

Ranking by week

ours vs the AP poll
151025Wk 0Wk 2Wk 4Wk 6
Ours 61st · +0.4Week 6
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Illinoisoff +0.20 29thdef +0.25 allowed · 136th

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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.