Final Record Predictions for 2023 Illini Football

TheChief4Life · Sep 1, 2023

Team	Realistic Worst Case Scenario	Realistic Best Case Scenario
	(obviously 0-12 is worst case)	(I'm dead serious about this)
Toledo	W	W
@ Kansas	L	W
#7 Penn State	L	W
FAU	W	W
@ Purdue	L	W
Nebraska	W	W
@ Maryland	L	W
Wisconsin	L	W
@ Minnesota	L	W
Indiana	W	W
@ #25 Iowa	L	W
Northwestern	W	W
Record:	5-7	12-0

A few notes:
- I think if Kansas, Purdue, and Minnesota were home games, I'd put those on the win side.
- If any of those teams I predict losses to are even the tiniest bit worse than I'm envisioning, I think we can win them all. It's weird how "eh" I feel about any of the teams on our schedule (even Penn State)... but also how "eh" I feel about Illinois being "comfortably" better than any of them either (except Northwestern)
- Likewise, if Illinois is even the tiniest better than I am envisioning, we could truthfully go 12-0 with this schedule. And I 100% mean that.

So, let's average and give the ol' Illinois Orange Kool-aid rounded up value: 9-3

What a weird time to be an Illinois fan.

IlliniTaffy · Sep 1, 2023

Toledo W
@ Kansas L
Penn State L
FAU W
@ Purdue W
Nebraska W
@ Maryland L
Wisconsin L
@ Minnesota W
Indiana W
@ Iowa L
Northwestern W
Bowl Game W

8-5, wouldn't be shocked if they got up to 9-4

TheFlyingIllini1317 · Sep 1, 2023

8-4, potentially 7-5

Scoregasm · Sep 1, 2023

100-0

illini80 · Sep 2, 2023

Looks like I’m right with everyone else. 8-4 with a +/- of 1 depending on Altmyers ability to move the offense without turning it over.

GMAN55 · Sep 2, 2023

We will be in a gunfight with Penn State, Maryland and Iowa. But we are not hopelessly out gunned in any of them. I can see us winning the other 9 . So I will predict a 9 win season or more.

GMAN55 · Sep 2, 2023

Im way more concerned about Maryland than I am Iowa.

OrangeLife · Sep 2, 2023

I will go 8-4, with a chance of win at Maryland to make 9-3.

Bbuck21 · Sep 2, 2023

IlliniMike_Aurora said:
it would be cool to set up a type of "confidence" pool, but instead of weekly, we have to put our 12, 11,....2, and 1 points down before Saturday nite on our entire schedule. I'm guessing Fla Atl / or / NW would be everyones 12. Very interesting to see how many points people would throw out against our first two opponents.

I like this. I'll play:
6 Toledo
4 at Kansas
1 Penn State
11 Florida Atlantic
9 at Purdue
8 Nebraska
3 at Maryland
7 Wisconsin
5 at Minnesota
10 Indiana
2 at Iowa
12 Northwestern

chiefini · Sep 2, 2023

I also like this. I'll play, too:
7 Toledo
4 at Kansas
1 Penn State
11 Florida Atlantic
8 at Purdue
9 Nebraska
2 at Maryland
6 Wisconsin
5 at Minnesota
10 Indiana
3 at Iowa
12 Northwestern

JimILL75 · Sep 2, 2023

8-4, hope for no major injury and one upset win to make that win total one higher.

BretMyBeachHouse · Sep 2, 2023

I'm going 8-4. Altmyer is such the key, especially early as he adjusts. He really gives us a high ceiling but also poses the legit possibility of 5 or 6 wins.

lstewart53x3 · Sep 2, 2023

Robert’s SOC is a sobering reminder that seasons don’t always go as well as planned:

Season record prediction: 6-6

Stream Of Consciousness - Toledo

I think I'm gonna write the SOC and then I'm going to try to write the final five 90 Illini articles before I fall asleep. If I don't get them done, well, I'll have my laptop at the tailgate in the morning, and I technically have until 6:29 pm tomorrow to get all the way down to #1, so..... The...

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superfan · Sep 2, 2023

Love the vibes on this forum for the start of a season. Any group of people who make me feel like the pessimist is my kind of people. My gut is telling me 7-5, but I’m struggling to mark five probable losses on the schedule. My heart won’t let me do it, which brings me to 8-4.

IlliniKrush · Sep 2, 2023

I'll play,
7 Toledo -W
5 at Kansas -W
2 Penn State - L
12 Florida Atlantic - W
6 at Purdue - W
9 Nebraska -W
1 at Maryland - L
3 Wisconsin - L
8 at Minnesota - W
10 Indiana - W
4 at Iowa - W
11 Northwestern - W

9-3 : 6-3 (3-0)

SuperMetroid · Sep 2, 2023

I’m conditioned by the last 30 years of disappointments to say 5-7, but I think we finally have the right staff in place to break that awful trend. 7-5 it is.

Really I just want to be relevant for this last season where college football resembles the game we know and love

PNWIllini · Sep 2, 2023

UofToledoFans said:
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L- Michigan
W- FSU in cotton Bowl

Alright you.

SampsonRelpenk · Sep 2, 2023

I think we break the 5-7 curse and flip it around, 7-5. Might be a couple rough ones early while we're figuring out new QB and secondary (hopefully not tonight though).