Illinois Fighting Illini
Illinois Fighting Illini are 3-0 in the 2026 College football season (2-0 at home, 1-0 away). They last beat Nebraska 24-13 on Nov 6. Next: at UCLA, Fri, Nov 13, 9:00 PM ET. Against the closing spread they are 2-0-1 (3 games), and 0-3 on the over/under (3 games). Kelly lists 158 players on the roster.
Next games (1)
Results (3)
21.7 points scored and 13.3 allowed per game over 3 games, 2026 season.
Betting record (3)
- Straight up
- 3-0 (3 games)
- Against the spread
- 2-0-1 (3 games)
- Over/under
- 0-3 (3 games)
- ATS at home
- 2-0 (2 games)
- ATS away
- 0-0-1 (1 game)
- ATS as favourite
- 0-0-1 (1 game)
- ATS as underdog
- 2-0 (2 games)
- O/U at home
- 0-2 (2 games)
- O/U away
- 0-1 (1 game)
- Average cover margin
- +12.3 (3 games)
Closing lines: Kelly's closing consensus. Ties, pushes and games without a line are counted apart.
Closing lines (3)
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Roster (158)
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DB (29)
- Almirian Thomas
- Andre Lovett Jr.
- Andre Lovett Jr.
- Ben Clawson
- Ben Clawson
- Caden Considine
- Des Straughton
- Deuce Fillmore
- Deuce Fillmore
- Isaiah Williams
- Jaheim Clarke
- Jakwon Morris
- Jakwon Morris
- James Finley
- Juice Clarke
- Kaedyn Cobbs
- Lavon Williams
- Mac Resetich
- Mac Resetich
- Matthew Bailey
- Matthew Bailey
- Nick Hankins Jr.
- RJ Jones III
- Tanner Heckel
- Tanner Heckel
- Tywan Cox
- Xanai Scott
- Xavier Scott
- Xavier Scott
DL (26)
- Cameron Brooks
- Carter Janki
- Carter Janki
- Carter Smith
- Connor Sullivan
- Darrell Prater
- Darrell Prater
- Demetrius John
- Deon Williams
- Guillermo Gallardo
- Isaiah Thomison
- Isaiah White
- Joe Barna
- Joe Barna
- Joshua Davis
- Joshua Davis
- King Liggins
- Kingston Shaw
- Parker Crim
- Parker Crim
- Pat Farrell
- Pat Farrell
- Tony Balanganayi
- Tony Balanganayi
- Will Holmes
- William Holmes
LB (20)
OL (20)
QB (7)
RB (12)
TE (13)
Injuries (0)
No player on the team has an injury status.
Season stats (2)
- Plays
- 558
- Drives
- 88
- Avg start
- 73.1
- Def plays
- 567
- Def drives
- 87
- Havoc rate
- 0.113
- Line yards
- 3.1011627906976744
- Stuff rate
- 0.15891472868217055
- Epa per play
- 0.2130698600366348
- Success rate
- 0.4659498207885305
- Def avg start
- 70.9
- Explosiveness
- 1.3330340637636173
- Power success
- 0.696969696969697
- Def havoc rate
- 0.132
- Def line yards
- 2.973977695167286
- Def stuff rate
- 0.16728624535315986
- Def epa per play
- 0.23307068678475287
- Def success rate
- 0.4532627865961199
- Def explosiveness
- 1.2371347657616418
- Def power success
- 0.7073170731707317
- Pass epa per play
- 0.32189940503331055
- Pass success rate
- 0.5017667844522968
- Rush epa per play
- 0.1055859818015542
- Rush success rate
- 0.4263565891472868
Source cfbd, 2026 regular (rate)