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2016 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
No. 7 Penn State xy$   8 – 1     11 – 3  
No. 6 Ohio State x^   8 – 1     11 – 2  
No. 10 Michigan   7 – 2     10 – 3  
Indiana   4 – 5     6 – 7  
Maryland   3 – 6     6 – 7  
Michigan State   1 – 8     3 – 9  
Rutgers   0 – 9     2 – 10  
West Division
No. 9 Wisconsin xy   7 – 2     11 – 3  
Iowa   6 – 3     8 – 5  
Nebraska   6 – 3     9 – 4  
Minnesota   5 – 4     9 – 4  
Northwestern   5 – 4     7 – 6  
Illinois   2 – 7     3 – 9  
Purdue   1 – 8     3 – 9  
Championship: Penn State 38, Wisconsin 31
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represents the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They are led by first year head coach Lovie Smith and play their home games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. They are members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference.

Schedule

Illinois announced its 2016 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Fighting Illini will host Big Ten foes Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, and Purdue, and will travel to Michigan, Nebraska, Northwestern, Rutgers, and Wisconsin.[1]

The team will host all three non–conference games which are against the Murray State Racers from the Ohio Valley Conference, North Carolina Tar Heels from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and the Western Michigan Broncos from the Mid-American Conference (MAC).

September 32:30 PMMurray State*

BTNW 52–348,644 September 106:30 PMNorth Carolina*

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

BTNL 23–4860,670 September 173:00 PMWestern Michigan*

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

ESPNewsL 10–3440,954 October 12:30 PMat No. 15 Nebraska

ESPN2L 16-3190,374 October 82:30 PMPurdue

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (Rivalry)

BTN   October 1511:00 AMat Rutgers

  October 222:30 PMat Michigan

  October 2911:00 AMMinnesotadagger

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

  November 5Michigan State

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

  November 122:30 PMat Wisconsin

  November 19Iowa

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

  November 26at Northwestern

 

Template:CFB Schedule End

Schedule Source:[2]

Game notes

Murray State

See also: 2016 Murray State Racers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Racers 0 3 0 0 3
Fighting Illini 14 21 7 10 52
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

North Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 17 7 7 17 48
Fighting Illini 14 2 0 7 23
See also: 2016 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–3 2015 UNC, 48–14

Western Michigan

See also: 2016 Western Michigan Broncos football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Broncos 14 10 3 7 34
Fighting Illini 0 7 3 0 10
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–1 2012 ILL, 24–7

at Nebraska

See also: 2016 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Illini 0
#15 Cornhuskers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–9–1 2015 ILL, 14–13

Purdue

See also: 2016 Purdue Boilermakers football team and Illinois–Purdue football rivalry
1 2 3 4 Total
Boilermakers 0
Fighting Illini 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
44–41–6 2015 ILL, 48–14

at Rutgers

See also: 2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Illini 0
Scarlet Knights 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2006 RUTG, 33–0

at Michigan

See also: 2016 Michigan Wolverines football team and Illinois–Michigan football series
1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Illini 0
Wolverines 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
23–69–2 2012 MICH, 45–0

Minnesota

See also: 2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Gophers 0
Fighting Illini 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
29–36–3 2015 MINN, 32–23

Michigan State

See also: 2016 Michigan State Spartans football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 0
Fighting Illini 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–26–2 2013 MSU, 42–3

at Wisconsin

See also: 2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Illini 0
Badgers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
37–39–7 2015 WISC, 24–13

Iowa

See also: 2016 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Hawkeyes 0
Fighting Illini 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
38–31–2 2015 IOWA, 29–20

at Northwestern

See also: 2016 Northwestern Wildcats football team and Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry
1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Illini 0
Wildcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
55–49–5 2015 NW, 24–14

Rankings

Further information: 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP—————
Coaches—————
CFPNot releasedNot released

References

  1. ^ "BIG TEN ANNOUNCES 2016 AND '17 FOOTBALL SCHEDULES" (Press release). University of Illinois Department of Athletics. July 11, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  2. ^ "2016 Illinois Fighting Illini Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
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