2018 Season underway!
Season Report Posted: June 10, 2026 11:19
No news has been reported for this season.
National Champion
Illinois Fighting Illini
| 2018 Schedule | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WK | Opponent | Rank | COV | Result |
| 1 | ||||
| 2 | #15 Southern Miss | NR |  |
W 40-37 |
| 3 | ||||
| 4 | #14 Kansas State | 25 | |
W 55-48 |
| 5 | #25 Michigan | 18 | |
W 37-31 |
| 6 | @ Minnesota | 17 |  |
W 31-17 |
| 7 | Purdue | 15 | |
W 28-27 |
| 8 | #4 Clemson | 12 |  |
W 38-26 |
| 9 | Indiana | 8 | W 51-19 | |
| 10 | @ Penn State | 7 | |
W 41-20 |
| 11 | @ #1 Wisconsin | 7 | |
W 27-6 |
| 12 | #25 Ohio State | 4 | |
W 21-19 |
| 13 | @ #2 Northwestern | 4 | |
W 21-14 |
| 14 | Florida International | 1 | |
W 45-28 |
| 15 | ||||
| 16 | ||||
| 17 | #2 Notre Dame | 1 | |
W 45-29 |
| Passing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nameplayer_name | COMPcomp | ATTatt | YARDSyds | TDtd | INTints | ||||||||
| Fountain Alex | 147 | 259 | 1953 | 17 | 10 | ||||||||
| Rushing | |||||||||||||
| Nameplayer_name | ATTatt | YDSyds | TDtd | LONGlong_run | FUMBfumb | ||||||||
| Smith Joe | 192 | 1670 | 20 | 74 | 3 | ||||||||
| Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Nameplayer_name | RECrec | YDSyds | TDtd | LONGlong_rec | DROPSdrops | ||||||||
| Grant Keith | 44 | 604 | 9 | 73 | 3 | ||||||||
| Defensive | |||||||||||||
| Nameplayer_name | TKLStackles | SCKSsacks | INTints | FFff | Def TDdef_td | ||||||||
| Massey Craig | 66 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Preseason Coaches Poll | |
|---|---|
| RNK | Team |
| 1 | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
| 2 | West Virginia Mountaineers |
| 3 | Fresno State Bulldogs |
| 4 | Oregon State Beavers |
| 5 | Kansas State Wildcats |
| 6 | Wisconsin Badgers |
| 7 | Clemson Tigers |
| 8 | Virginia Tech Hokies |
| 9 | USC Trojans |
| 10 | Texas A&M Aggies |
| 11 | LSU Tigers |
| 12 | Louisville Cardinals |
| 13 | Northwestern Wildcats |
| 14 | Florida Gators |
| 15 | Southern Miss Golden Eagles |
| 16 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
| 17 | Miami Hurricanes |
| 18 | Utah Utes |
| 19 | Tennessee Volunteers |
| 20 | Wake Forest Demon Deacons |
| 21 | San Diego State Aztecs |
| 22 | Arkansas Razorbacks |
| 23 | Maryland Terrapins |
| 24 | Georgia Bulldogs |
| 25 | Toledo Rockets |
| Preseason Media Poll | |
|---|---|
| RNK | Team |
| 1 | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
| 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 |
| No Final BCS Poll has been set. | |
| Big 10 Conference Standings | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RNK | School | Record | Conf Record | PF | PA |
| 1 | Illinois | 12-0 | 8-0 | 435 | 292 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | 11-1 | 7-1 | 450 | 137 |
| 3 | Northwestern | 11-1 | 7-1 | 426 | 117 |
| 4 | Iowa | 8-4 | 5-3 | 270 | 187 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 8-4 | 5-3 | 354 | 194 |
| 6 | Minnesota | 7-5 | 3-5 | 349 | 266 |
| 7 | Penn State | 5-7 | 3-5 | 279 | 287 |
| 8 | Michigan | 6-6 | 3-5 | 276 | 251 |
| 9 | Michigan State | 3-9 | 2-6 | 262 | 376 |
| 10 | Indiana | 2-10 | 1-7 | 169 | 426 |
| 11 | Purdue | 2-10 | 0-8 | 177 | 422 |