Wk 5 · 2026
Purdue Boilermakers at Illinois Fighting Illini — Sat, Oct 3
Sat, Oct 3 ·
Gies Memorial Stadium, Champaign, IL
Weather
No forecast yet. This one is 33 days away and has no kickoff time yet. Forecasts reach about 16 days ahead, so this fills in nearer the game. A seasonal average printed here would look exactly like a forecast, which is why there is not one.
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Ratings differential ILL by 14.1
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What is at stake
Purdue Cannon. A cannon Purdue students smuggled into Champaign in 1905 to fire after a win, got caught, and lost for 38 years — now it goes to the winner every fall. They play for the Purdue Cannon. A Big Ten game — it counts in the standings that decide that league's championship game. Run the race.
What the ratings imply
The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers:
The CFB King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus
2.4 points of home field.
It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site
compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026
games are played it is last season’s measurement of two teams that have
changed.
Efficiency · 2026 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense (pts/100)
Defense (pts/100)
Pace (plays/g)
Yards / play
Yards / play allowed
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College
King's 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so
the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a
longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the
good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so
neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.
Team stats · 2026 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2026 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
Purdue form
No completed games on record.
Illinois form
No completed games on record.
Purdue this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Illinois this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.
Common opponents · 3
| Opponent | Purdue | Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| UCLA Big Ten | at Wk 3 · scheduled preview | at Wk 11 · scheduled preview |
| Maryland Big Ten | vs Wk 10 · scheduled preview | at Wk 9 · scheduled preview |
| Iowa Big Ten | at Wk 11 · scheduled preview | vs Wk 12 · scheduled preview |
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, Purdue leads 12–6 · Illinois has won the last 2
18 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
2.2 points toward Purdue
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-10-04 | Illinois 43 — 27 Purdue | at PUR | Illinois |
| 2024 | 2024-10-12 | Purdue 49 — 50 Illinois | at ILL | Illinois |
| 2023 | 2023-09-30 | Illinois 19 — 44 Purdue | at PUR | Purdue |
| 2022 | 2022-11-12 | Purdue 31 — 24 Illinois | at ILL | Purdue |
| 2021 | 2021-09-25 | Illinois 9 — 13 Purdue | at PUR | Purdue |
| 2020 | 2020-10-31 | Purdue 31 — 24 Illinois | at ILL | Purdue |
| 2019 | 2019-10-26 | Illinois 24 — 6 Purdue | at PUR | Illinois |
| 2018 | 2018-10-13 | Purdue 46 — 7 Illinois | at ILL | Purdue |
| 2017 | 2017-11-04 | Illinois 10 — 29 Purdue | at PUR | Purdue |
| 2016 | 2016-10-08 | Purdue 34 — 31 Illinois | at ILL | Purdue |
| 2015 | 2015-11-07 | Illinois 48 — 14 Purdue | at PUR | Illinois |
| 2014 | 2014-10-04 | Purdue 38 — 27 Illinois | at ILL | Purdue |
| 2013 | 2013-11-23 | Illinois 20 — 16 Purdue | at PUR | Illinois |
| 2012 | 2012-11-17 | Purdue 20 — 17 Illinois | at ILL | Purdue |
| 2011 | 2011-10-22 | Illinois 14 — 21 Purdue | at PUR | Purdue |
| 2010 | 2010-10-30 | Purdue 10 — 44 Illinois | at ILL | Illinois |
| 2009 | 2009-10-24 | Illinois 14 — 24 Purdue | at PUR | Purdue |
| 2006 | 2006-11-11 | Purdue 42 — 31 Illinois | at ILL | Purdue |
Purdue leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Ryan Browne QB #15 | 199/338, 2153 YDS, 9 TD, 10 INT |
| Malachi Singleton QB #3 | 38/64, 439 YDS, 5 TD, 2 INT | |
| Rushing | Devin Mockobee RB #45 | 125 CAR, 521 YDS, 4 TD |
| Antonio Harris RB #22 | 69 CAR, 305 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Malachi Thomas RB #24 | 53 CAR, 243 YDS | |
| Receiving | Michael Jackson III WR #2 | 63 REC, 570 YDS, 1 TD |
| Nitro Tuggle WR #1 | 34 REC, 500 YDS, 4 TD | |
| EJ Horton Jr. WR #13 | 27 REC, 289 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Corey Smith WR #12 | 14 REC, 237 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Tahj Ra-El DB #21 | 110 |
| Mani Powell LB #16 | 110 | |
| Charles Correa LB #5 | 93 | |
| Sacks | CJ Nunnally IV DL #91 | 5 |
| Mani Powell LB #16 | 5 | |
| Charles Correa LB #5 | 3 | |
| Interceptions | Myles Slusher DB #9 | 1 |
| CJ Nunnally IV DL #91 | 1 | |
| Hudauri Hines DB #4 | 1 |
Illinois leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Luke Altmyer QB #9 | 226/332, 2811 YDS, 21 TD, 5 INT |
| Hank Beatty WR #80 | 2/2, 31 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Rushing | Ca'Lil Valentine RB #5 | 123 CAR, 549 YDS, 4 TD |
| Kaden Feagin TE #83 | 119 CAR, 499 YDS, 7 TD | |
| Aidan Laughery RB #21 | 62 CAR, 305 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Receiving | Hank Beatty WR #80 | 64 REC, 826 YDS, 3 TD |
| Collin Dixon WR #17 | 33 REC, 538 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Hudson Clement WR #13 | 33 REC, 406 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Justin Bowick WR #0 | 19 REC, 234 YDS, 4 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Matthew Bailey DB #7 | 76 |
| Miles Scott S #10 | 59 | |
| Dylan Rosiek LB #28 | 49 | |
| Sacks | Gabe Jacas EDGE #17 | 11 |
| Leon Lowery Jr. LB #9 | 2 | |
| Tomiwa Durojaiye DL #13 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | Miles Scott S #10 | 3 |
| Dylan Rosiek LB #28 | 1 | |
| Torrie Cox Jr. DB #5 | 1 |
These are regular-season totals for
the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year,
taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's
roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still
appears against the year he earned it; the
roster
pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is.
A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game. The roster
pages count bowl games too, so a player's two lines can differ by a game.