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    ILLINI VS. RANKED OPPONENTS


    Since 1966, Illinois has compiled a 28-99-3 (.224) record against Top 25 teams, including a 3-12 record against No. 1-ranked teams and a 3-35-2 (.100) mark against opponents ranked among the top five. The Illini won four in a row against ranked teams in 1983 en route to the Big Ten Championship. In 1990, the Illini won three consecutive games against ranked opponents and tied for the Big Ten title. The following is a list of Illinois vs. ranked opponents (as ranked by the Associated Press) since 1966.

    DATE W/L SCORE RANKED TEAM
    10/1/66 L 10-26 vs. No. 1 Michigan State
    10/26/68 L 24-31 vs. No. 2 Ohio State
    11/2/68 L 17-35 vs. No. 6 Purdue
    11/9/68 L 0-36 at No. 7 Michigan
    9/27/69 L 6-37 vs. No. 11 Missouri (at Busch Stadium)
    10/25/69 L 0-41 at No. 1 Ohio State
    11/8/69 L 0-57 vs. No. 18 Michigan
    10/24/70 L 29-48 vs. No. 1 Ohio State
    11/7/70 L 0-42 at No. 5 Michigan
    9/25/71 L 0-28 at No. 16 Southern Cal
    10/2/71 L 14-52 vs. No. 15 Washington
    10/9/71 L 10-24 vs. No. 15 Ohio State
    10/16/71 L 6-35 at No. 3 Michigan
    10/23/71 W 21-7 vs. No. 17 Purdue
    9/23/72 L 20-55 vs. No. 1 Southern Cal
    10/14/72 L 7-26 at No. 4 Ohio State
    10/21/72 L 7-31 vs. No. 6 Michigan
    11/3/73 L 0-30 vs. No. 1 Ohio State
    11/10/73 L 6-21 at No. 4 Michigan
    9/21/74 W 41-7 at No. 19 Stanford
    11/2/74 L 7-49 at No. 1 Ohio State
    11/9/74 L 6-14 vs. No. 4 Michigan
    9/20/75 L 20-30 vs. No. 5 Missouri
    9/27/75 L 13-43 at No. 8 Texas A&M
    11/8/75 L 3-40 vs. No. 1 Ohio State
    11/15/75 L 15-21 vs. No. 4 Michigan
    9/18/76 W 31-6 at No. 6 Missouri
    10/2/76 L 7-14 vs. No. 9 Texas A&M
    11/6/76 L 10-42 at No. 8 Ohio State
    11/13/76 L 7-38 at No. 4 Michigan
    9/10/77 L 9-37 vs. No. 2 Michigan
    10/8/77 L 0-26 at No. 19 Wisconsin
    11/5/77 L 0-35 vs. No. 4 Ohio State
    9/16/78 L 0-31 at No. 4 Michigan
    10/21/78 L 0-13 vs. No. 19 Purdue
    11/4/78 L 19-59 at No. 18 Michigan State
    9/8/79 L 16-33 at No. 10 Michigan State
    9/15/79 L 6-14 vs. No. 11 Missouri
    10/13/79 L 14-28 at No. 20 Purdue
    10/20/79 L 7-27 vs. No. 11 Michigan
    11/3/79 L 7-44 vs. No. 5 Ohio State
    9/20/80 L 7-52 at No. 15 Missouri
    11/8/80 L 42-49 at No. 7 Ohio State
    9/5/81 L 6-26 at No. 8 Pittsburgh
    10/31/81 W 24-7 vs. No. 16 Iowa
    11/7/81 L 21-70 at No. 12 Michigan
    9/25/82 L 3-20 vs. No. 3 Pittsburgh
    10/2/82 W 42-24 at No. 19 Minnesota
    11/6/82 L 10-16 vs. No. 15 Michigan
    9/24/83 W 20-10 at No. 19 Michigan State
    10/1/83 W 33-0 vs. No. 4 Iowa
    10/15/83 W 17-13 vs. No. 6 Ohio State
    10/29/83 W 16-6 vs. No. 8 Michigan
    9/29/84 L 16-21 at No. 4 Iowa
    10/13/84 L 38-45 at No. 8 Ohio State
    9/7/85 L 10-20 vs. No. 6 Southern Cal
    9/21/85 L 25-52 at No. 17 Nebraska
    10/5/85 W 31-28 vs. No. 5 Ohio State
    11/2/85 T 3-3 vs. No. 4 Michigan
    11/9/85 L 0-59 at No. 6 Iowa
    9/20/86 L 14-59 vs. No. 6 Nebraska
    11/1/86 L 13-69 at No. 3 Michigan
    11/8/86 W 20-16 vs. No. 16 Iowa
    9/12/87 L 7-21 vs. No. 15 Arizona State
    10/3/87 L 6-10 vs. No. 9 Ohio State
    10/24/87 T 14-14 at No. 14 Michigan State
    11/7/87 L 22-34 at No. 18 Indiana
    11/5/88 W 21-20 vs. No. 20 Indiana
    11/12/88 L 9-38 at No. 13 Michigan
    9/4/89 W 14-13 at No. 5 Southern Cal
    9/8/89 L 7-38 at No. 8 Colorado
    11/11/89 L 10-24 vs. No. 3 Michigan
    1/1/90 W 31-21 vs. No. 16 Virginia (Citrus Bowl)
    9/15/90 W 23-22 vs. No. 11 Colorado
    10/6/90 W 31-20 at No. 20 Ohio State
    10/20/90 W 15-13 vs. No. 25 Michigan State
    11/3/90 L 28-54 vs. No. 13 Iowa
    11/10/90 L 17-22 at No. 19 Michigan
    1/1/91 L 0-30 vs. No. 14 Clemson (Hall of Fame Bowl)
    9/21/91 W 51-10 vs. No. 21 Houston
    10/12/91 W 10-7 vs. No. 11 Ohio State
    10/19/91 L 21-24 at No. 15 Iowa
    11/11/91 L 0-20 vs. No. 4 Michigan
    12/30/91 L 3-6 vs. No. 22 UCLA (John Hancock bowl)
    10/10/92 W 18-16 at No. 21 Ohio State
    11/14/92 T 22-22 at No. 3 Michigan
    12/30/92 L 17-27 vs. No. 25 Hawaii (Holiday Bowl)
    9/18/93 L 14-16 vs. No. 15 Arizona
    10/9/93 L 12-20 vs. No. 6 Ohio State
    10/23/93 W 24-21 at No. 13 Michigan
    11/13/93 L 14-28 at No. 16 Penn State
    11/20/93 L 10-35 vs. No. 12 Wisconsin
    10/8/94 W 24-10 at No. 17 Ohio State
    10/22/94 L 14-19 vs. No. 11 Michigan
    11/12/94 L 31-35 vs. No. 2 Penn State
    9/2/95 L 14-38 vs. No. 13 Michigan
    9/9/95 L 31-34 at No. 24 Oregon
    9/16/95 W 9-7 vs. No. 17 Arizona
    10/28/95 L 14-17 vs. No. 8 Northwestern
    11/11/95 L 3-41 at No. 2 Ohio State
    8/31/96 L 8-20 at No. 12 Michigan
    9/7/96 L 3-55 vs. No. 21 USC
    10/20/96 L 24-27 at No. 11 Northwestern
    11/2/96 L 21-31 vs. No. 25 Iowa
    11/9/96 L 0-48 vs. No. 2 Ohio State
    9/20/97 L 22-35 vs. No. 19 Washington St.
    9/27/97 L 10-38 at No. 11 Iowa
    10/4/97 L 6-41 vs. No. 2 Penn State
    10/25/97 L 3-48 vs. No. 22 Purdue
    11/15/97 L 15-41 at No. 4 Ohio State
    10/10/98 L 0-41 vs. No. 1 Ohio State
    10/17/98 L 3-37 vs. No. 9 Wisconsin
    10/31/98 L 0-27 vs. No. 10 Penn State
    9/25/99 L 10-27 vs. No. 19 Michigan State
    10/23/99 W 35-29 at No. 9 Michigan
    10/30/99 L 7-27 vs. No. 2 Penn State
    11/13/99 W 46-20 vs. No. 25 Ohio State
    10/23/00 L 31-35 vs. No. 10 Michigan
    11/11/00 L 21-24 vs. No. 12 Ohio State
    11/18/00 L 61-23 at No. 23 Northwestern
    9/22/01 W 34-10 vs. No. 25 Louisville
    9/29/01 L 20-45 at No. 17 Michigan
    11/3/01 W 38-13 at No. 15 Purdue
    11/17/01 W 34-22 at No. 25 Ohio State
    1/1/02 L 34-47 vs. No. 12 LSU
    9/28/02 L 28-45 vs. No. 14 Michigan
    11/2/02 L 7-18 at No. 20 Penn State
    11/16/02 L 16-23 vs. No. 2 Ohio State
    10/4/03 L 10-43 at No. 22 Purdue
    10/11/03 L 14-49 vs. No. 21 Michigan State
    10/18/03 L 14-56 at No. 17 Michigan
    10/25/03 L 10-36 vs. No. 24 Minnesota
    11/1/03 L 10-41 at No. 13 Iowa
    9/25/04 L 30-38 vs. No. 15 Purdue
    10/16/04 L 19-30 vs. No. 13 Michigan
    10/30/04 L 13-23 vs. No. 23 Iowa
    9/17/05 L 20-35 at No. 15 California
    10/22/05 L 10-63 vs. No. 12 Penn State
    10/29/05 L 24-41 vs. No. 15 Wisconsin
    11/5/05 L 2-40 at No. 12 Ohio State
    9/23/06 L 7-24 vs. No. 14 Iowa
    10/28/06 L 24-30 at No. 17 Wisconsin
    11/11/06 L 10-17 vs. No. 1 Ohio State
    9/29/07 W 27-20 vs. No. 21 Penn State
    10/6/07 W 31-26 vs. No. 5 Wisconsin
    10/20/07 L 17-27 vs. No. 25 Michigan
    11/10/07 W 28-21 at No. 1 Ohio State
    1/1/08 L 17-49 vs. No. 6 Southern California (Rose Bowl)
    8/30/08 L 42-52 vs. No. 6 Missouri
    9/27/08 L 24-38 at No. 12 Penn State
    11/15/08 L 20-30 vs. No. 10 Ohio State
    11/22/08 L 10-27 at No. 24 Northwestern


    THE ILLINI VS. NO. 1

    The Fighting Illini are 3-12 against No. 1-ranked teams. Illinois knocked off top-ranked opponents in back-to-back meetings in 1950 and 1956.

    Oct. 23, 1943 at Notre Dame
    Illinois 0 0 0 0 0
    Notre Dame 13 13 14 7 47
    Oct. 28, 1944 at Notre Dame
    Illinois - - - - 7
    Notre Dame - - - - 13
    Oct. 30, 1948 at Michigan
    Illinois 0 7 6 7 20
    Michigan 0 7 14 7 28
    Nov. 18, 1950 at Memorial Stadium
    Ohio State 0 7 0 0 7
    Illinois 0 14 0 0 14
    Oct. 27, 1956 at Memorial Stadium
    Michigan State 7 6 0 0 13
    Illinois 0 0 6 14 20
    Oct. 1, 1966 at Memorial Stadium
    Michigan State 0 13 6 7 26
    Illinois 0 3 7 0 10
    Oct. 25, 1969 at Ohio State
    Illinois 0 0 0 0 0
    Ohio State 7 14 7 13 41
    Oct. 24, 1970 at Memorial Stadium
    Ohio State 7 7 13 21 48
    Illinois 7 13 3 6 29
    Sept. 23, 1972 at Memorial Stadium
    Southern California 7 13 15 20 55
    Illinois 7 7 6 0 20
    Nov. 3, 1973 at Memorial Stadium
    Ohio State 3 0 7 20 30
    Illinois 0 0 0 0 0
    Nov. 2, 1974 at Ohio State
    Illinois 0 7 0 0 7
    Ohio State 7 14 14 14 49
    Nov. 8, 1975 at Memorial Stadium
    Ohio State 0 10 10 20 40
    Illinois 3 0 0 0 3
    Oct. 10, 1998 at Memorial Stadium
    Ohio State 10 14 0 17 41
    Illinois 0 0 0 0 0
    Nov. 11, 2006 at Memorial Stadium
    Ohio State 7 10 0 0 17
    Illinois 0 0 0 10 10
    Nov. 10, 2007 at Ohio State
    Illinois 14 7 7 0 28
    Ohio State 14 0 7 0 21


    (updated 5/09)

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