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| Schedule | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #48 | +0.04 | SOS Played | -0.03 | #78 |
| #16 | +0.20 | SOS Remaining | -0.04 | #72 |
| Offense | ||||
| #30 | +0.13 | Adj. EPA / Play | +0.13 | #29 |
| #39 | +0.20 | EPA / Play | +0.22 | #32 |
| #32 | 6.5 | Yards / Play | 6.8 | #19 |
| #18 | 48.7% | Success Rate | 46.6% | #33 |
| Defense · allowed | ||||
| #137 | +0.26 | Adj. EPA / Play | -0.25 | #7 |
| #134 | +0.38 | EPA / Play | -0.20 | #1 |
| #110 | 6.7 | Yards / Play | 5.2 | #28 |
| #125 | 49.7% | Success Rate | 32.2% | #2 |
| Success rate: Bill Connelly. Adjusted EPA: a port of sportsdataverse-py. EPA and plays: CollegeFootballData.com. Methods | ||||
 ILL Offense | vs |  UCLA Defense | ||
| #35 | +0.27 | EPA / Pass | -0.24 | #2 |
| #61 | +0.13 | EPA / Rush | -0.15 | #4 |
| #7 | 61.6% | Available Yards % | 32.2% | #8 |
| #87 | Own 28 | Starting Field Pos. | Own 25 | #9 |
| #11 | +0.27 | Early Downs EPA | -0.18 | #3 |
| #52 | 44.1% | 3rd/4th Down Success | 27.2% | #4 |
| #7 | 5.6 | Avg 3rd Down Distance | 8.4 | #6 |
| ILL Defense | vs | UCLA Offense | ||
| #137 | +0.53 | EPA / Pass | +0.09 | #81 |
| #121 | +0.25 | EPA / Rush | +0.31 | #5 |
| #132 | 59.8% | Available Yards % | 52.9% | #31 |
| #96 | Own 31 | Starting Field Pos. | Own 36 | #2 |
| #135 | +0.30 | Early Downs EPA | +0.20 | #27 |
| T-#134 | 55.7% | 3rd/4th Down Success | 41.2% | #67 |
| #133 | 5.8 | Avg 3rd Down Distance | 6.3 | #25 |
| Negative Plays · committedper game | ||||
| T-#12 | 0.8 | Sacks Taken | 1.6 | T-#50 |
| T-#58 | 0.6 | INTs Thrown | 0.8 | T-#81 |
| T-#1 | 0.0 | Fumbles Lost | 0.6 | T-#79 |
| T-#15 | 0.6 | Turnovers | 1.4 | T-#84 |
| #5 | 4.0 | Penalties | 9.8 | T-#135 |
| #12 | 37.8 | Penalty Yards | 84.2 | #136 |
| Negative Plays · forcedper game | ||||
| T-#125 | 0.8 | Sacks | 1.8 | T-#77 |
| T-#122 | 0.2 | INTs | 2.0 | T-#1 |
| T-#112 | 0.2 | Fumbles Recovered | 1.8 | #1 |
| T-#132 | 0.4 | Takeaways | 3.8 | #1 |
| T-#12 | 8.6 | Penalties Drawn | 5.4 | T-#108 |
| T-#18 | 74.4 | Penalty Yds Drawn | 49.2 | #102 |
| Record | ||||
| T-#106 | 2-4 | Current Year ATS (2026) | 5-0 | T-#1 |
| Coaching | ||||
| Bret Bielema | Head Coach | Bob Chesney | ||
| T-#21 | 6 | Seasons at School | 1 | T-#109 |
| #42 | 134-84 | Career Record | 21-6 | #10 |
| Situation | ||||
| 7 days | Rest | 7 days | ||
| 1,690 mi | Travel | Home | ||
| Katin Houser | QB | Nico Iamaleava | ||
| #50 | +0.35 | EPA / Att | +0.23 | #88 |
| #16 | 54.1% | Success Rate | 42.2% | #97 |
| #97 | 1.44 | Explosiveness | 1.52 | #70 |
| #31 | 3.1% | Sack Rate | 5.6% | #81 |
| #12 | +0.59 | Rush EPA | +0.01 | #104 |
| Last 8 · EPA / Att | ||||
| Game Breakers | ||||
| #3WR | Collin Dixon+59.4 | Playmaker · PPA | Wayne Knight+43.8 | #4RB |
| 92.6thWR | Hudson Clement+22.1 | Playmaker · PPA | Anthony Woods+15.5 | 91.4thRB |
| 95.9thLB | Ismael Kante+8.4 | Defender · Havoc EPA | Ta'Shawn James+19.4 | #3DB |
| 88.6thDB | Matthew Bailey+5.8 | Defender · Havoc EPA | Sammy Omosigho+10.0 | 97.5thLB |
| Recruiting | ||||
| T-#37 | 0 | 5★ Players | 1 | T-#23 |
| T-#60 | 9 | 4★ Players | 18 | T-#36 |
| T-#10 | 73 | 3★ Players | 64 | T-#33 |
| Transfers | ||||
8 in · 11 out | OFF Transfers | 20 in · 14 out | ||
10 in · 15 out | DEF Transfers | 20 in · 10 out | ||
| 21% | OFF Returning | 58% | ||
| 30% | DEF Returning | 41% | ||