2017 Season underway!
Season Report Posted: June 10, 2026 21:28
No news has been reported for this season.
National Champion
Illinois Fighting Illini
| 2017 Schedule | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WK | Opponent | Rank | COV | Result |
| 1 | ||||
| 2 | @ Houston | NR | W 56-30 | |
| 3 | Arizona | NR | W 48-41 OT | |
| 4 | @ #3 Kansas State | NR |  |
W 52-22 |
| 5 | @ #15 Michigan | NR | |
W 52-20 |
| 6 | #13 Minnesota | NR |  |
W 28-7 |
| 7 | @ Indiana | NR | W 27-21 | |
| 8 | #1 Wisconsin | 24 | |
W 30-26 |
| 9 | ||||
| 10 | @ Purdue | 14 | W 34-28 | |
| 11 | Penn State | 11 | |
W 35-30 |
| 12 | @ Ohio State | 7 | |
W 45-35 |
| 13 | #15 Northwestern | 5 |  |
W 42-17 |
| 14 | #12 Notre Dame | 4 | |
W 28-0 |
| 15 | ||||
| 16 | ||||
| 17 | #1 Nebraska | 2 | |
W 28-21 |
| Passing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nameplayer_name | COMPcomp | ATTatt | YARDSyds | TDtd | INTints | ||||||||
| Fountain Alex | 48 | 101 | 819 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| Rushing | |||||||||||||
| Nameplayer_name | ATTatt | YDSyds | TDtd | LONGlong_run | FUMBfumb | ||||||||
| Smith Joe | 171 | 1943 | 25 | 95 | 2 | ||||||||
| Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Nameplayer_name | RECrec | YDSyds | TDtd | LONGlong_rec | DROPSdrops | ||||||||
| Gray Kyle | 10 | 330 | 4 | 80 | 3 | ||||||||
| Defensive | |||||||||||||
| Nameplayer_name | TKLStackles | SCKSsacks | INTints | FFff | Def TDdef_td | ||||||||
| Massey Craig | 41 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Preseason Coaches Poll | |
|---|---|
| RNK | Team |
| No Preseason Coaches Poll has been set. | |
| Preseason Media Poll | |
|---|---|
| RNK | Team |
| No Preseason Media Poll has been set. | |
| Final Coaches Poll | |
|---|---|
| RNK | Team |
| No Final Coaches Poll has been set. | |
| Final Media Poll | |
|---|---|
| RNK | Team |
| No Final Media Poll has been set. | |
| Final BCS Poll | |
|---|---|
| RNK | Team |
| 1 | Illinois Fighting Illini |
| 2 | West Virginia Mountaineers |
| 3 | Fresno State Bulldogs |
| 4 | Utah Utes |
| 5 | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
| 6 | Oregon State Beavers |
| 7 | Clemson Tigers |
| 8 | Wisconsin Badgers |
| 9 | Louisville Cardinals |
| 10 | Kansas State Wildcats |
| 11 | San Diego State Aztecs |
| 12 | USC Trojans |
| 13 | Miami Hurricanes |
| 14 | Texas A&M Aggies |
| 15 | Virginia Tech Hokies |
| 16 | LSU Tigers |
| 17 | Tennessee Volunteers |
| 18 | Southern Miss Golden Eagles |
| 19 | Florida Gators |
| 20 | Northwestern Wildcats |
| 21 | Ohio Bobcats |
| 22 | Washington Huskies |
| 23 | Georgia Bulldogs |
| 24 | Toledo Rockets |
| 25 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
| Big 10 Conference Standings | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RNK | School | Record | Conf Record | PF | PA |
| 1 | Illinois | 12-0 | 8-0 | 477 | 277 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | 11-1 | 7-1 | 472 | 163 |
| 3 | Northwestern | 10-2 | 7-1 | 468 | 187 |
| 4 | Michigan | 9-3 | 6-2 | 377 | 201 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 7-5 | 4-4 | 385 | 254 |
| 6 | Minnesota | 7-5 | 3-5 | 401 | 294 |
| 7 | Penn State | 7-5 | 3-5 | 339 | 252 |
| 8 | Iowa | 6-5 | 3-5 | 288 | 283 |
| 9 | Purdue | 3-9 | 1-7 | 220 | 391 |
| 10 | Indiana | 1-11 | 1-7 | 259 | 413 |
| 11 | Michigan State | 2-10 | 1-7 | 208 | 487 |