Illinois Fighting Illini Poll History

Seasons: 132 (1892 to 2023)

Record (W-L-T): 622-624-49

Conferences: Big Ten, Western, Ind

Conf. Championships: 15

National Championships: 1923 and 1927

Bowl Record: 20 Bowls, 8-12, .400 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 13 Times (Preseason), 13 Times (Final), 186 Weeks (Total)

Ranked in CFP Rankings: 0 Times (Final), 2 Weeks (Total)

Stadium: Memorial Stadium (cap. 60,670)

Location: Champaign, Illinois

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AP Polls

AP Polls Table
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
1	2022	7	2022-10-09	24
2	2022	8	2022-10-16	18	24	6
3	2022	9	2022-10-23	17	18	1
4	2022	10	2022-10-30	14	17	3
5	2022	11	2022-11-06	21	14	7
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
6	2011	4	2011-09-18	24
7	2011	5	2011-09-25	24	24
8	2011	6	2011-10-02	19	24	5
9	2011	7	2011-10-09	16	19	3
10	2011	8	2011-10-16	23	16	7
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
11	2008	1	Preseason	20	NA	—
12	2008	2	2008-09-02	24	20	4
13	2008	3	2008-09-07	24	24
14	2008	4	2008-09-14	22	24	2
15	2008	5	2008-09-21	22	22
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
16	2007	7	2007-10-07	18
17	2007	12	2007-11-11	20
18	2007	13	2007-11-18	18	20	2
19	2007	14	2007-11-25	15	18	3
20	2007	15	2007-12-02	13	15	2
21	2007	16	Final	20	13	7
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
22	2001	5	2001-09-23	22
23	2001	9	2001-10-21	22
24	2001	10	2001-10-28	21	22	1
25	2001	11	2001-11-04	15	21	6
26	2001	12	2001-11-11	12	15	3
27	2001	13	2001-11-18	10	12	2
28	2001	14	2001-11-25	8	10	2
29	2001	15	2001-12-02	8	8
30	2001	16	2001-12-09	7	8	1
31	2001	17	Final	12	7	5
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
32	2000	1	Preseason	21	NA	—
33	2000	2	2000-08-27	21	21
34	2000	3	2000-09-03	21	21
35	2000	4	2000-09-10	19	21	2
36	2000	5	2000-09-17	19	19
37	2000	6	2000-09-24	24	19	5
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
38	1999	17	Final	24
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
39	1995	2	1995-08-29	25
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
40	1994	1	Preseason	21	NA	—
41	1994	2	1994-08-31	22	21	1
42	1994	6	1994-09-27	25
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
43	1991	5	1991-09-23	25
44	1991	6	1991-09-30	22	25	3
45	1991	7	1991-10-07	20	22	2
46	1991	8	1991-10-14	13	20	7
47	1991	9	1991-10-21	17	13	4
48	1991	12	1991-11-11	25
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
49	1990	1	Preseason	11	NA	—
50	1990	2	1990-09-04	11	11
51	1990	3	1990-09-11	21	11	10
52	1990	4	1990-09-18	15	21	6
53	1990	5	1990-09-25	14	15	1
54	1990	6	1990-10-02	13	14	1
55	1990	7	1990-10-09	11	13	2
56	1990	8	1990-10-16	8	11	3
57	1990	9	1990-10-23	5	8	3
58	1990	10	1990-10-30	5	5
59	1990	11	1990-11-06	17	5	12
60	1990	12	1990-11-13	22	17	5
61	1990	13	1990-11-20	22	22
62	1990	14	1990-11-27	16	22	6
63	1990	15	1990-12-04	16	16
64	1990	16	Final	25	16	9
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
65	1989	1	Preseason	22	NA	—
66	1989	2	1989-09-05	11	22	11
67	1989	3	1989-09-12	10	11	1
68	1989	4	1989-09-19	20	10	10
69	1989	5	1989-09-26	20	20
70	1989	6	1989-10-03	18	20	2
71	1989	7	1989-10-10	16	18	2
72	1989	8	1989-10-17	13	16	3
73	1989	9	1989-10-24	8	13	5
74	1989	10	1989-10-31	8	8
75	1989	11	1989-11-07	8	8
76	1989	12	1989-11-14	12	8	4
77	1989	13	1989-11-21	11	12	1
78	1989	14	1989-11-28	10	11	1
79	1989	15	1989-12-05	11	10	1
80	1989	16	1989-12-12	11	11
81	1989	17	Final	10	11	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
82	1985	1	Preseason	11	NA	—
83	1985	2	1985-09-03	11	11
84	1985	3	1985-09-10	19	11	8
85	1985	4	1985-09-17	20	19	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
86	1983	6	1983-10-03	19
87	1983	7	1983-10-10	19	19
88	1983	8	1983-10-17	11	19	8
89	1983	9	1983-10-24	9	11	2
90	1983	10	1983-10-31	6	9	3
91	1983	11	1983-11-07	5	6	1
92	1983	12	1983-11-14	4	5	1
93	1983	13	1983-11-21	4	4
94	1983	14	1983-11-28	4	4
95	1983	15	1983-12-05	4	4
96	1983	16	Final	10	4	6
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
97	1982	4	1982-09-20	19
98	1982	6	1982-10-04	20
99	1982	7	1982-10-11	15	20	5
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
100	1976	3	1976-09-21	14
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
101	1974	4	1974-09-23	16
102	1974	5	1974-09-30	14	16	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
103	1964	1	Preseason	3	NA	—
104	1964	2	1964-09-28	3	3
105	1964	3	1964-10-05	2	3	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
106	1963	5	1963-10-14	7
107	1963	6	1963-10-21	4	7	3
108	1963	7	1963-10-28	2	4	2
109	1963	8	1963-11-04	2	2
110	1963	9	1963-11-11	8	2	6
111	1963	10	1963-11-18	8	8
112	1963	11	1963-11-25	8	8
113	1963	12	1963-12-02	3	8	5
114	1963	13	Final	3	3
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
115	1960	1	Preseason	5	NA	—
116	1960	2	1960-09-19	4	5	1
117	1960	3	1960-09-26	4	4
118	1960	4	1960-10-03	4	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
119	1959	4	1959-10-05	20
120	1959	5	1959-10-12	13	20	7
121	1959	6	1959-10-19	13	13
122	1959	11	1959-11-23	13
123	1959	12	1959-11-30	12	13	1
124	1959	13	Final	13	12	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
125	1957	6	1957-10-21	16
126	1957	9	1957-11-11	15
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
127	1956	1	Preseason	20	NA	—
128	1956	3	1956-10-01	13
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
129	1955	9	1955-11-07	16
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
130	1954	1	Preseason	5	NA	—
131	1954	2	1954-09-20	6	5	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
132	1953	4	1953-10-12	9
133	1953	5	1953-10-19	7	9	2
134	1953	6	1953-10-26	4	7	3
135	1953	7	1953-11-02	4	4
136	1953	8	1953-11-09	3	4	1
137	1953	9	1953-11-16	7	3	4
138	1953	10	1953-11-23	6	7	1
139	1953	11	Final	7	6	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
140	1952	1	Preseason	5	NA	—
141	1952	2	1952-09-29	2	5	3
142	1952	3	1952-10-06	13	2	11
143	1952	4	1952-10-13	17	13	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
144	1951	1	Preseason	10	NA	—
145	1951	2	1951-10-01	8	10	2
146	1951	3	1951-10-08	7	8	1
147	1951	4	1951-10-15	8	7	1
148	1951	5	1951-10-22	4	8	4
149	1951	6	1951-10-29	3	4	1
150	1951	7	1951-11-05	2	3	1
151	1951	8	1951-11-12	3	2	1
152	1951	9	1951-11-19	6	3	3
153	1951	10	1951-11-26	4	6	2
154	1951	11	Final	4	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
155	1950	1	Preseason	8	NA	—
156	1950	2	1950-10-02	15	8	7
157	1950	5	1950-10-23	12
158	1950	6	1950-10-30	10	12	2
159	1950	7	1950-11-06	10	10
160	1950	8	1950-11-13	8	10	2
161	1950	9	1950-11-20	6	8	2
162	1950	10	Final	13	6	7
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
163	1947	1	1947-10-06	6	NA	—
164	1947	2	1947-10-13	6	6
165	1947	3	1947-10-20	5	6	1
166	1947	4	1947-10-27	11	5	6
167	1947	5	1947-11-03	11	11
168	1947	6	1947-11-10	11	11
169	1947	7	1947-11-17	12	11	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
170	1946	1	1946-10-07	12	NA	—
171	1946	4	1946-10-28	11
172	1946	5	1946-11-04	10	11	1
173	1946	6	1946-11-11	9	10	1
174	1946	7	1946-11-18	5	9	4
175	1946	8	1946-11-25	5	5
176	1946	9	Final	5	5
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
177	1944	1	1944-10-09	14	NA	—
178	1944	3	1944-10-23	14
179	1944	4	1944-10-30	9	14	5
180	1944	5	1944-11-06	10	9	1
181	1944	9	Final	15
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
182	1942	1	1942-10-12	5	NA	—
183	1942	2	1942-10-19	5	5
184	1942	3	1942-10-26	12	5	7
185	1942	4	1942-11-02	20	12	8
186	1942	5	1942-11-09	13	20	7