2025 Season Predictions Thread

[blackdog]

Heart says Illinois, Michigan, Oregon & UCLA all go 12-0 with Illinois vs Michigan in the Big Ten Championship game (IL victory for Rose Bowl).

Mind says 11-1 with a loss to Rutgers & no Big Ten title game, Illinois at Notre Dame on Friday night of the playoff. Go Illini

If we beat Ohio State and somehow lose to a Rutgers team struggling to beat Ohio right now......oof.

 

[Thanos]

6-6. Maybe 7-5. Injuries will play a factor.

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

6-6. Maybe 7-5. Injuries will play a factor.

What are the 6 losses? Seems wildly pessimistic.

 

[Ander1345]

What are the 6 losses? Seems wildly pessimistic.

Their username checks out if we go 6-6, for what its worth.

 

[Illini2010-11]

6-6. Maybe 7-5. Injuries will play a factor.

Your prediction of half losses and what will actually happen:

 

[mhuml32]

6-6 is possible.

The @Duke, USC, Ohio State, @Indiana, @Washington, @Wisconsin are all games that Illinois will either be an underdog or favored by less than 10 points right now. That said, 6-6 should be off the table if you beat Duke next week.


- If you beat Duke, you can dream of a 6-0 or 5-1 start going into the Ohio State game, knowing the back half of the schedule is very, very manageable.
- If you lose to Duke, there's a lot of pressure to beat Indiana in Bloomington or USC in Champaign to avoid a 3-4 start to the season and a test of wills if this team can stay focused on finishing the season strong.

 

[mhuml32]

My zag is Wisconsin will be better if they roll with O'Neill as the starter this season compared to Edwards.

 

[BrownTown]

9-3

Western Illinois (W)
at Duke (W)
Western Michigan (W)
at Indiana (W)
USC (L)
at Purdue (W)
Ohio State (W)
at Washington (L)
Rutgers (W)
Maryland (W)
at Wisconsin (L)
Northwestern (W)

Take back the Wisconsin L. We will give you a mulligan

 

[Ander1345]

My zag is Wisconsin will be better if they roll with O'Neill as the starter this season compared to Edwards.

Have we heard anything about the injury?

If it's long term it will be interesting to see if they stick with O'Neill but I thought Edward's looked OK, aside from them constantly trying to go deep.

 

[LFOD]

8-4

We must defeat Wisconsin - I'll be up there freezing my butt off with a bunch of Wisky fans.

Western Illinois (W)
at Duke (L)
Western Michigan (W)
at Indiana (L)
USC (W)
at Purdue (W)
Ohio State (L)
at Washington (L)
Rutgers (W)
Maryland (W)
at Wisconsin (W)
Northwestern (W)

 

[redwingillini11]

Revising my prediction. Don't want to get overly confident about Duke, but they struggled for a while against Elon... Just go out there and be the more physical team.

Western Illinois - W
at Duke - W
Western Michigan - W
at Indiana - L (I think there will be some BS home cooking & ref shenanigans we face here...)
USC - W
at Purdue - W
Ohio State - L
at Washington - L (On a neutral site I think we win this game, but heading out west to a pretty tough environment will be a bit daunting.)
Rutgers - W
Maryland - W
at Wisconsin - W
Northwestern - W

 

[SampsonRelpenk]

Western Illinois - W
at Duke - W
Western Michigan - W
at Indiana - W (possibly the Game of the Year, both teams will be amped)
USC - L (back down to Earth)
at Purdue - W
Ohio State - L (talent disparity will just be too much)
at Washington - L (for the same reasons everyone else said)
Rutgers - W
Maryland - W
at Wisconsin - W
Northwestern - W

Strong finish, just miss out on CFP, bowl game will be a crap shoot with a lot of likely opt-outs, but a successful season no doubt.

 

[pvaughn8]

I got season prediction fatigue. Ready for some football!