AP Poll Summary
| Pre | 8/26 | 9/2 | 9/9 | 9/23 | 9/30 | 10/7 | 10/14 | 10/21 | 10/28 | 11/4 | 11/11 | 11/18 | 11/25 | 12/2 | 12/9 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 12 |
12 Games
| G | Date | Day | School | Opponent | Conf | Pts | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 1, 2001 | Sat | Illinois | @ | California | Pac-10 | W | 44 | 17 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Sep 8, 2001 | Sat | Illinois | Northern Illinois | MAC | W | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sep 22, 2001 | Sat | Illinois | (25) Louisville | CUSA | W | 34 | 10 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Sep 29, 2001 | Sat | (22) Illinois | @ | (17) Michigan | Big Ten | L | 20 | 45 | 3 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Oct 6, 2001 | Sat | Illinois | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 25 | 14 | 4 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Oct 13, 2001 | Sat | Illinois | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | W | 35 | 14 | 5 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 7 | Oct 20, 2001 | Sat | Illinois | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 42 | 35 | 6 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 8 | Nov 3, 2001 | Sat | (21) Illinois | @ | (20) Purdue | Big Ten | W | 38 | 13 | 7 | 1 | W 4 | |
| 9 | Nov 10, 2001 | Sat | (15) Illinois | Penn State | Big Ten | W | 33 | 28 | 8 | 1 | W 5 | ||
| 10 | Nov 17, 2001 | Sat | (12) Illinois | @ | (25) Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 34 | 22 | 9 | 1 | W 6 | |
| 11 | Nov 22, 2001 | Thu | (10) Illinois | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 34 | 28 | 10 | 1 | W 7 | ||
| 12 | Jan 1, 2002 | Tue | (7) Illinois | N | (12) LSU | SEC | L | 34 | 47 | 10 | 2 | L 1 | Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA) |
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