This is the 6th time in Big Ten history a school has won a bowl and NCAA Men’s and Women’s Tournament games in back-to-back years. Illinois 2024-25/2025-26 Michigan State 2012-13/2013-14 Ohio State 2009-10/2010-11 Purdue 1997-98/1998-99 Iowa 1995-96/1996-97 Iowa 1986-87/1987-88

Most bench press reps by an Illini in NFL Combine history: 38 Tony Pashos, OT, 2003 37 Akeem Spence, DT, 2013 32 Brandon Moore, DT, 2002 32 Ray Redziniak, OG, 2001 30 Gabe Jacas, DE/EDGE, 2026

Final: UCLA 95, #10 Illinois 94 (OT)

End of Regulation: #10 Illinois 86, UCLA 86

Breaks the record of 494 points set by Cory Bradford in 1998-99 and matched last season by Kasparas Jakucionis.

Halftime: #10 Illinois 50, UCLA 43

Final: #10 Illinois 101, USC 65

Halftime: #10 Illinois 54, USC 32

End of regulation: #8 Illinois 81, Wisconsin 81

Halftime: #8 Illinois 44, Wisconsin 38

End of Regulation: #5 Illinois 71, #10 Michigan State 71

Halftime: #5 Illinois 39, #10 Michigan State 35

FInal: #5 Illinois 84, Northwestern 44

Halftime: #5 Illini 47, Northwestern 19

Illinois’ Keaton Wagler is the first Division I player over the last 20 seasons with multiple career games with 25 points in road wins over AP Top-5 teams. He scored 74 points in 2 road wins over Top-5 teams over the last 8 days.

Final from Lincoln: #9 Illinois 78, #5 Nebraska 69

Halftime: #5 Nebraska 39, #9 Illinois 33

Final: #9 Illinois 75, Washington 66

Halftime: #9 Illinois 33, Washington 26

The 145 colleges and the points they have scored in the Super Bowl Miami FL: 84 Points Florida: 82 Points Penn State: 81 Points Memphis: 75 Points Georgia: 67 Points California: 66 Points Notre Dame: 64 Points Texas Tech: 62 Points Stanford: 60 Points Nebraska: 54 Points Oklahoma: 50 Points Mississippi Valley State: 48 Points T-13. Illinois & Michigan State: 45 Points 15 Georgia Tech: 44 Points T-16. Arizona, Ohio State, & USC: 42 Points Michigan: 40 Points UCLA: 39 Points T-21. NC State & Wisconsin: 38 Points T-23. Colorado & Florida State: 37 Points T-25. Pitt & South Dakota State: 34 Points LSU: 32 Points T-28. Cincinnati, Clemson, Oklahoma State, Syracuse, & Wyoming: 30 Points Texas: 29 Points Minnesota: 25 Points T-35. BYU, Kansas, Kansas State, Louisiana Tech, Tulane, Tennessee, & North Carolina: 24 Points James Madison: 23 Points Texas A&M: 21 Points T-44. Indiana, Louisville, & Virginia Tech: 20 Points T-47. Alabama A&M, Chadron State, Ole Miss, Washington, & Western Michigan: 18 Points T-52. Hawaii & Utah: 17 Points T-54. Arizona State, N/A College Affiliation, Temple, & Youngstown State: 16 Points South Carolina: 15 Points T-59. New Mexico State, North Dakota State, Oregon, Purdue, & Utah State: 14 Points Louisiana: 13 Points T-65. Akron, Cal-Riverside, Delaware State, Eastern Washington, Grambling, Iowa, Iowa State, Kent State, Lane, Marshall, Northeastern, Philander Smith, Rutgers, Stephen F. Austin, Tennessee State, Texas State, Troy, Tulsa, UNLV, UT-Arlington, Wake Forest, West Texas A&M, West Virginia, and William & Mary: 12 Points Montana State: 11 Points T-90. Kentucky & UTEP: 9 Points Boston College: 8 Points San Diego State: 7 Points T-94. Alabama, Angelo State, Arkansas, Augustana, Austin Peay, Bethune-Cookman, Central Michigan, Colorado Mesa, Delaware, East Carolina, Fresno State, Furman, Harvard, Houston, Lambuth, Livingstone, Maryland, Miami (Ohio), Midwestern State, Mississippi State, Missouri, Missouri Southern, Monmouth, Mount Union, Navy, Nevada, New Mexico, Northern Iowa, Portland State, Prairie View, Rice, Santa Clara, SE Louisiana, SMU, South Carolina State, Southern Miss, UMass, USF, Villanova, Wabash, Western Carolina, & Winston-Salem State: 6 Points Bowling Green: 5 Points T-137. Auburn & Baylor: 4 Points Missouri Western State: 3 Points T-140. Long Beach State, Penn, Texas A&M Commerce, Toledo, & Weber State: 2 Points 145. Coast Guard: 1 Point