Illinois Fighting Illini

Illinois Fighting Illini

22-12 - 9th in Big Ten

2026 Schedule

ILL
W 105-70
PENN
ILL
W 76-55
VCU
ILL
W 65-55
HOU
ILL
W 71-59
IOWA
ILL
L 71-62
CONN
ILL
W 113-55
JKST
ILL
W 113-70
FGCU
ILL
W 81-77
TTU
ILL
W 84-65
COLG
ILL
L 90-86
ALA
ILL
W 98-58
LIU
ILL
W 87-73
RGV
ILL
L 74-61
CONN
ILL
W 75-62
TENN
OSU
W 88-80
ILL
ILL
L 83-80
NEB
ILL
W 91-48
MIZ
ILL
W 90-55
SOU
PSU
W 73-65
ILL
ILL
W 81-55
RUTG
IOWA
W 75-69
ILL
NU
W 79-68
ILL
ILL
W 77-67
MINN
ILL
W 89-70
MD
PUR
W 88-82
ILL
ILL
W 75-66
WASH
NEB
W 78-69
ILL
ILL
W 84-44
NU
MSU
L 85-82
ILL
ILL
L 92-90
WIS
ILL
W 71-51
IU
USC
W 101-65
ILL
UCLA
L 95-94
ILL
ILL
L 84-70
MICH
ILL
W 80-54
ORE
MD
W 78-72
ILL
ILL
L 91-88
WIS
Women's Way-Too-Early Top 25: New No. 1, more risers after transfer portal rebuilds Women's Way-Too-Early Top 25: New No. 1, more risers after transfer portal rebuilds

South Carolina jumps to the top after making key additions, and Duke and USC join the top five.

NCAA Women's Bracketology: 2027 women's college basketball projections NCAA Women's Bracketology: 2027 women's college basketball projections

With the additions of Jordan Lee and Oliviyah Edwards, the Gamecocks top our first look at next season's NCAA tournament.

NCAA women's basketball Way-Too-Early 2026-27 Top 25 rankings NCAA women's basketball Way-Too-Early 2026-27 Top 25 rankings

UCLA is the 2026 champion -- but unranked in the first top 25 for next season. Runner-up South Carolina is No. 3.

Women's March Madness live updates: Relive the action from Monday's second round Women's March Madness live updates: Relive the action from Monday's second round

We tracked the final eight games of the second round as the Sweet 16 was set.

Women's March Madness Day 4: Second-round scores, analysis Women's March Madness Day 4: Second-round scores, analysis

We broke down all eight games Monday, from Virginia's thrilling double-OT win to UConn's dominance.

Vanderbilt tops Illinois, into Sweet 16 for 1st time since '09 Vanderbilt tops Illinois, into Sweet 16 for 1st time since '09

Mikayla Blakes scored 25 points as No. 2 seed Vanderbilt beat seventh-seeded Illinois 75-57 on Monday night to advance to the Sweet 16 in the women's NCAA tournament for the first time since 2009.

Blakes leads Vanderbilt to 1st Sweet 16 since 2009 with near triple-double in March Madness Blakes leads Vanderbilt to 1st Sweet 16 since 2009 with near triple-double in March Madness

— Mikayla Blakes scored 25 points as No. 2 seed Vanderbilt beat seventh-seeded Illinois 75-57 Monday night to advance to the Sweet 16 in the women's NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009.

Women's March Madness live tracker: Updates from Saturday's first round Women's March Madness live tracker: Updates from Saturday's first round

We followed all the action from 16 games throughout Day 2 of the women's NCAA tournament.

Women's March Madness Day 2: First-round scores, analysis Women's March Madness Day 2: First-round scores, analysis

We broke down all 16 games Saturday -- and shared how each winner can advance to the Sweet 16.

Big Ten Standings

TEAM W L GB OVR
Michigan 87.3 - 3 37
Nebraska 77.0 6.5 7 28
Michigan State 78.8 7.5 8 27
Illinois 83.2 7.5 9 28
Wisconsin 83.0 10.5 11 24
Purdue 81.6 6.5 9 30
UCLA 77.1 11 12 24
Ohio State 79.3 13 13 21
Iowa 74.5 11.5 13 24
Indiana 78.2 15 14 18
Minnesota 69.4 18.5 18 15
USC 78.6 15 14 18
Washington 77.1 17.5 17 16
Rutgers 70.5 20 20 14
Northwestern 73.1 19 19 15
Oregon 70.8 21 20 12
Maryland 69.7 21.5 21 12
Penn State 73.7 21 20 12
Full Standings