Illinois fans have trailed the market on balance since 2020.

Prescience score
9
2 qualifying seasons of 6
FansMarketActual result
202020212022202320242025

Season by season

2025
Fans — · Market 76 · Actual 71
"Not gonna read too much into a buy game against an FCS school but I feel damn good about our chances at Duke next week. I-L-L"
— r/CFB, 2025-08-30
2024
Fans — · Market 46 · Actual 81
"We're going 12-0 and anyone that says otherwise is cheeser propaganda"
— r/CFB, 2024-08-30
2023
Fans — · Market 53 · Actual 31
"Attention B1G West teams: run the RPO against Illinois"
— r/CFB, 2023-09-09
2022
Fans — · Market 69 · Actual 61
"Well that’s 4 hours of my life I’m never getting back."
— r/CFB, 2022-09-03
2021
Fans 92 · Market 50 · Actual 28
✗ Market closer
"Apparently we’re awful when we don’t have 8 months to prep for an opponent."
— r/CFB, 2021-09-11
2020
Fans 80 · Market 15 · Actual 16
✗ Market closer