Program history
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Illinois leads 59–55–5
119 meetings · —–present
IllinoisNorthwesternAll-time winsRecords coverage: 1892–2026 / 1892–2025642568
Winning percentageWins ÷ (wins + losses + ties)48.6%43.1%
NFL Draft picksCFBD draft-history coverage10168
First-round picksCFBD draft-history coverage107
10+ Regular-Season Win SeasonsSeasons with at least 10 wins before postseason play · methodology v233
Losing seasonsLosses greater than wins6270
Weeks in AP PollCFBD coach-season poll résumé, deduplicated by team-season204184
Weeks ranked #1Historical AP aggregate not yet available from a single verified common-window dataset——
Historical records, head-to-head results, and NFL Draft selections: CollegeFootballData. A dash means unavailable, never zero.
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