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Lock of the Century Eleven seasons. Seventy-seven methods. One ladder.

Teams

Illinois

Big Ten · 2017

Lined games 2-10Final FBR rank #114 (best #30)Rankings →
#1#119Week -1 · Aug 21: #61Week 0 · Aug 27: #61Week 1 · Sep 3: #42Week 2 · Sep 10: #30Week 3 · Sep 17: #44Week 4 · Sep 24: #50Week 5 · Oct 1: #86Week 6 · Oct 8: #93Week 7 · Oct 15: #107Week 8 · Oct 22: #109Week 9 · Oct 29: #106Week 10 · Nov 5: #110Week 11 · Nov 12: #117Week 12 · Nov 19: #114Week 13 · Nov 26: #114Week 14 · Dec 3: #114Week 15 · Dec 10: #114Week 16 · Dec 17: #114Week 17 · Dec 24: #114Week 18 · Dec 31: #114Week 19 · Jan 7: #114#114

Records

2017All time
Straight up2-10 (16.7%)53-74 (41.7%)
Against the spread4-8-0 (33.3%)60-66-2 (47.6%)
Model bets on their games (ATS)7-3-0 (70.0%)58-46-2 (55.8%)
Model picked them (ATS)3-3-0 (50.0%)29-25-0 (53.7%)
Model faded them (ATS)4-0-0 (100.0%)29-21-2 (58.0%)
Model picked them (SU)0-2 (0.0%)28-17 (62.2%)
Model faded them (SU)8-1 (88.9%)55-17 (76.4%)

Game log

DateOpponentLocResultFBRCloseTierATS pickSU pick
Sep 2Ball StatevsW by 30.0+6.5BaseBall State +6.5 W—
Sep 9Western KentuckyvsW by 13-1.0-7.0BaseIllinois +7.0 WWestern Kentucky L
Sep 15South FloridaatL by 24-0.5-17.0CenturyIllinois +17.0 LSouth Florida W
Sep 29NebraskavsL by 22+7.0-6.0LockIllinois +6.0 LIllinois L
Oct 7IowaatL by 29-17.0-15.5——Iowa W
Oct 14RutgersvsL by 11+8.00.0BaseIllinois 0.0 LIllinois L
Oct 21MinnesotaatL by 7-15.0-13.5——Minnesota W
Oct 28WisconsinvsL by 14-20.5-27.0BaseIllinois +27.0 WWisconsin W
Nov 4PurdueatL by 19-24.0-14.0LockPurdue -14.0 WPurdue W
Nov 11IndianavsL by 10-20.0-9.5LockIndiana -9.5 WIndiana W
Nov 18Ohio StateatL by 38-37.5-41.0BaseIllinois +41.0 WOhio State W
Nov 25NorthwesternvsL by 35-32.0-16.0CenturyNorthwestern -16.0 WNorthwestern W

FBR and Close are shown from Illinois’s perspective: + = Illinois favored.