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2025 Week 8 Illinois Fighting Illini Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
Stoneador 7
CPiGuy2728 9
cyberchaox 9
PlactusTX 9
DataDrivenPirate 11
halldaylong 11
Hey_Its_Roomie 11
RJEP22 11
TadKosciuszko 11
COLU_BUS 12
luckroy 12
No11223456 12
Noelthemexican 12
Chipsahoy523 13 -3
shifty1032231 13
ColombianInIowa24 14 Model: Houston, Strict: Illinois
ExternalTangents 14
galacticdude7 14
TheZachster 14
hythloday1 15
SwissArmyScythe 15 -1
The-Gothic-Castle 15
brucewaynewins 16
HieloLuz 16 The ranked team with the toughest schedule so far, their opponents boasting a 73% win percentage. Also the highest ranked 2 loss team. Quality wins over Duke |4| and USC |2|, with a pair of Tier 1 losses to Indiana and Ohio State. But both those losses being blowouts is not encouraging.
Inkblot9 16
justsaynotoreddit 16
TimeBroken 16
Bereft13 17 Power: 17, SoR: 19; LW: 13
Blooblod 17
ehoefler 17 79.38 | -4
PattyKane16 17
RegionalBias 17 Lost by 18 at home to #1 Ohio State
shadowwingnut 17
udubdavid 17
Ch-i-ef 18 63-10 vs 34-16. Should Indiana be #1? Many people are asking!
jjjoebox 18
OldCoaly 18
vanburen1845 18
52hoova 19
bwburke94 19
daredassdude 19
fredmerc111 19
GeauxTri 19
Jerrywelfare 19
Keener1899 19
HideNZeke 20
joebob431 20
JustAManAndHisLaptop 20
MainPeanut25 20 Expected loss, still a good team
ruwisc 20
Striker743 20 Down 1 - losses to #1 and #4
dabul-master 21
Fmeson 21
JustinMSU21 21
Pikachu1989 21
tdeff19 21
DarkLegend64 22
DrKennethJNoisewater 22
Euphoric_Relative_13 22 Illinois has genuinely failed upward because its resume is getting better. It will force Cincy not to be ranked, but I keep reminding myself that it is completely okay to be wrong about a team, since the season isn't over yet, and it can always change.
NotSoSuperNerd 22 1.195 [8.3 - 3.7]
Polarbear1914 22
ryseing 22
Sometimeswelose 22
T-Thugs 22 Illinois is 5-2 with a nice win over USC (5-1). Lost to Ohio State (6-0) and Indiana (6-0)
teddythe3rd 22
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_ 23
A_Rolling_Baneling 23
bernkastel87 23
Bill3ffinMurray 23
Lex_Ludorum 23
Muffinnnnnnn 23
nw____ 23 *shrug emoji* the win against USC is why they’re here.
romulusjsp 23
thescottula 23
visor841 23
12panther 24
arbadak 24 .798, 16, -8
BlueSCar 24
Colton3690 24
Conglossian 24 -4
cyclonepsycho 24
diehardcubforever 24
ewolfy13 24 Might be frauds of the year. Kind of like Indiana last year, beat up on bad teams, blown out by great teams
fshi 24
grtgbln 24
hascogrande 24
Jay_Dubbbs 24
nbingham196 24
Pollaski 24
r0sco 24
Rcfan0902 24 872.88 (-9)
retnuh101 24
studio_sally 24
T-nawtical 24
Terminal_BAS 24
Xy13 24 (-5) Put up the most points on OSU of anyone. Only losses are to #1/#3.
ya111101 24
Zloggt 24 Erm, two quality losses much? Nebraska probably deserves to be here instead...but for now, I'll let my bias flow...
BabyBladder 25
Cars-and-Coffee 25
Casaiir 25
ChickenTaco 25
CockADoodleBOOM 25
DampFrijoles 25
djowen68 25
goodnames679 25
ikindalikelemons 25
Knightro2011 25
MoneyManeVick 25
monkeymatt1836 25
nemoran 25
Player_1_has_Joined 25
RegulatorRWF 25
RheagarTargaryen 25
seaotter2 25
SearonTrejorek 25 0.68671
spmartin1993 25
sroach91 25
SteemieRayVaughn 25
strikersteve60 25
Techwid 25
Texasagsman 25
w8w8 25
Wescat 25
Zef_Apollo 25 Similar to how I had FSU last week, I don't see how I can drop them since their only losses are to my #1 and #3 teams + they have a ranked win over USC. In the top 25, only Alabama has a tougher SOS (4 vs 2) and only one other team has an SOS in the top 10 (UGA at 8). I can't believe I'm sticking up for Illinois but I'll let the winner of their next game against Washington say in the top 25.

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
n1tney 1 R = 85.434/100.00
johnjones55 6
1Subject 8 8.5122
0010MK 10
GenuineBoss 10
ianmcmoney 12 59.66%
MajikSix 12
unused13 12
loganisfresh 13
manbeqrpig 13
BoukenGreen 14
solarsnail6 14
CallMeTheKing 15
cbusalex 15 {#15 Illinois, 4-2 (0.27255762 pts), Wins: [#19 Southern California (0.9216896 pts), #29 Duke (0.37585166 pts), #74 Western Mich. (0.100115925 pts), #87 Purdue (0.057605598 pts)], Losses: [#4 Indiana (-0.7991125 pts), #2 Ohio St. (-0.38359267 pts)]}
fon1239 15
Menktenk 15
mr_longfellow_deeds 15
twitter_paulbd 15 P2: 14
AccessPhysical7252 16
buccaneerboy22 16
fawkie 16 Homerism
FrontRunner51 16 (-5)
logace444444444 16
Nervous_Metal_9445 16
ChBass 17
chief_sitass 17
HHunko13 17
TyRoland06 17 Was #17, lost to #1, stay #17
cfbpeoplespoll 18 LW 9. 245 pts
RealignmentJunkie 18
SpeddyDawg 18
TolkienFan71 18
Yechibaby09 18
AMETSFAN 19
anxiousauditor 19
Spazzatack 19
Tortillero96 19 (5-2) -8
BendrickLamar19 20
DarthGlazer 20 great offense - better than people give them credit I think.
Effective-Lead-6657 20
jwrtf 20
Laschoni 20
smartkeg 20
Star_Wars_Sith 20
ChiTrojan2 21
Comit22 21
dubscurry30 21
gavinw24 21
geordieColt88 21
GreenAndYellow12 21 .486
HailHavoc 21
Milflover69cbb 21 They’re just good enough to keep afloat in the top 25 but they’re not a legitimate contender or threat
owl-bears 21
PsychologicalFox8660 21
Select-Edge-3262 21 -6
alexjcode_com 22
BlackGoose_13 22 Power Rating - 22.30, LW: 16
budget_um 22 Keeps the H2H versus USC despite the extra loss against two top 5 teams
DwayneBaconStan 22
jackmc04 22 (-4) what can ya do
jbowen1 22
Luigiatl 22
NebraskaPlainsman 22
ogsmurf826 22
BoilerUp28 23
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor 23 156 Elo - Loss vs Ohio State was a little closer than expected. 4 rating increase.
Nath0leon 23
Original_Profile8600 23 Illinois has a ranked win. Their two losses hurt a lot but they're good losses
rt13wx 23
SaguaroCactus19 23
saquad69 23
scrambolambo 23
BigDGoatster 24
Capable-Rice-5156 24
cheeks_mcgoo 24
coop3345 24
Crelc3 24
DodgerOfZion 24
jtchr33 24
maxyg1234 24
mccainjames11 24
Mryoung04 24
Noah__Webster 24 1992.95
Norleras 24
quantum_jedi 24 (-4) No shame in getting steamrolled by Ohio State. BYE week is next before a tricky road game at Washington.
Roscoe_Filburn 24
shamShaman 24 Expected Wins: 79.15
SpectralHydra 24
The_Good_General 24
TheBeekman8 24
TheLiquorStohr 24 Why did they drop out of the AP? ND has 2 losses to top teams and theyre ranked
WRSpill 24 (17) Dropped: #20 Iowa State, #21 Maryland, #23 Michigan
ArlyntheAwesome 25 -12
ConstantPause1239 25
FlashSpider-man 25 Two loss team but quality losses to really good teams. They deserve to be ranked, I think.
FuzzyDunlop911 25
hbh110 25
Hetoxy 25
HouseShowTights 25
josh55134 25
leadbymight 25
Ok_Boysenberry716 25
pigman769 25
Signal_Tip_7428 25
StFuzzySlippers 25
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