2023-10-25: Play Index Update.

We continue to work on moving all of the CBB Play Index content to Stathead.com/Basketball. This process has taken longer than expected, so we are allowing continued use of the these tools on CBB until the new tools are available.

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Matchup Finder

Search historical schedules and rankings back to the 1949-50 season.
Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Note that the AP has ranked a variable number of teams since it began in 1948-49.

 1948-49 through 1960-61: top 20
 1961-62 through 1963-64: top 10
 1964-65: top 10, except for preseason which was top 20
 1965-66 through 1967-68: top 10
 1968-69 through 1988-89: top 20
 1989-90 through present: top 25

Current search:
From 1949-50 to 2016-17, for Illinois, against Northwestern, sorted by descending Date

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96 Wins, 25 Losses, .793 W%

Query Results

Query Results Table
Year Date   Schl Rk.   Opp Rk.     PTS OPP MOV   OT
2016-172017-02-21IllinoisNorthwesternW665016
2016-172017-02-07Illinois@NorthwesternW68617
2015-162016-02-13Illinois@NorthwesternL5658-2
2014-152015-02-28IllinoisNorthwesternW866026
2014-152015-01-14Illinois@NorthwesternW72675
2013-142014-01-12Illinois23@NorthwesternL4349-6
2012-132013-02-17Illinois@NorthwesternW624121
2012-132013-01-17Illinois23NorthwesternL5468-14
2011-122012-02-05IllinoisNorthwesternL7074-4
2011-122012-01-04Illinois@NorthwesternW57561
2010-112011-02-05Illinois@NorthwesternL7071-1
2010-112011-01-06Illinois20NorthwesternW886325
2009-102010-01-23Illinois@NorthwesternL6873-5
2009-102009-12-30IllinoisNorthwestern25W898361
2008-092009-02-12Illinois22@NorthwesternW60591
2007-082008-01-27IllinoisNorthwesternW703733
2006-072007-02-18IllinoisNorthwesternW483711
2006-072007-02-07Illinois@NorthwesternW584315
2005-062006-02-15Illinois14NorthwesternW634716
2005-062006-01-21Illinois7@NorthwesternW584711
Year Date   Schl Rk.   Opp Rk.     PTS OPP MOV   OT
2004-052005-03-11Illinois1@NorthwesternW685117
2004-052005-02-23Illinois1NorthwesternW844836
2004-052005-01-15Illinois1@NorthwesternW786612
2003-042004-02-28Illinois23NorthwesternW665610
2003-042004-01-14Illinois25@NorthwesternL6070-10
2002-032003-03-14Illinois13@NorthwesternW946529
2002-032003-02-22Illinois20NorthwesternW736112
2001-022002-02-23Illinois16@NorthwesternW564115
2000-012001-02-03Illinois6NorthwesternW845925
2000-012001-01-17Illinois11@NorthwesternW634914
1999-002000-03-04Illinois25NorthwesternW734429
1999-002000-02-19Illinois@NorthwesternW633033
1998-991999-02-17Illinois@NorthwesternW69636
1998-991999-01-09IllinoisNorthwesternL4659-13
1997-981998-02-18Illinois23NorthwesternW695712
1997-981998-01-10Illinois@NorthwesternW594415
1996-971997-02-05IllinoisNorthwesternW705812
1995-961996-02-14IllinoisNorthwesternW936231
1995-961996-01-27Illinois@NorthwesternW746212
1994-951995-03-08IllinoisNorthwesternW995742
Year Date   Schl Rk.   Opp Rk.     PTS OPP MOV   OT
1994-951995-01-07Illinois@NorthwesternW825527
1993-941994-02-12Illinois24@NorthwesternL6879-11
1993-941994-01-12IllinoisNorthwesternW815328
1992-931993-02-06IllinoisNorthwesternW826715
1992-931993-01-07Illinois@NorthwesternW817110
1991-921992-02-26IllinoisNorthwesternW926527
1991-921992-02-01Illinois@NorthwesternL4346-3
1990-911991-03-02Illinois@NorthwesternW918110
1990-911991-02-04IllinoisNorthwesternW735914
1989-901990-02-14Illinois15NorthwesternW887513
1989-901990-01-13Illinois8@NorthwesternW85787
1988-891989-02-11Illinois7NorthwesternW866917
1988-891989-01-19Illinois2@NorthwesternW75705
1987-881988-03-12Illinois19@NorthwesternW797451
1987-881988-01-23Illinois13NorthwesternW794831
1986-871987-02-05Illinois14NorthwesternW724329
1986-871987-01-10Illinois12@NorthwesternW76697
1985-861986-02-13Illinois@NorthwesternW755223
1985-861986-01-18IllinoisNorthwesternW724626
1984-851985-02-14Illinois17NorthwesternW644222
Year Date   Schl Rk.   Opp Rk.     PTS OPP MOV   OT
1984-851985-01-19Illinois11@NorthwesternW554312
1983-841984-02-08Illinois8NorthwesternW734924
1983-841984-02-04Illinois8@NorthwesternW715219
1982-831983-02-10Illinois@NorthwesternL5558-3
1982-831983-02-05IllinoisNorthwesternW786216
1981-821982-03-06IllinoisNorthwesternW856520
1981-821982-01-07Illinois@NorthwesternW605010
1980-811981-03-07Illinois16NorthwesternW987622
1980-811981-01-08Illinois12@NorthwesternW886424
1979-801980-02-28Illinois@NorthwesternW906624
1979-801980-01-05Illinois20NorthwesternW817110
1978-791979-03-01IllinoisNorthwesternL6471-7
1978-791979-01-06Illinois4@NorthwesternW745618
1977-781978-02-09Illinois@NorthwesternL6172-11
1977-781978-01-21IllinoisNorthwesternW73649
1976-771977-02-10Illinois@NorthwesternW65632
1976-771977-01-24IllinoisNorthwesternW71683
1975-761976-02-07Illinois@NorthwesternW61556
1975-761976-01-10IllinoisNorthwesternW74695
1974-751975-02-08Illinois@NorthwesternL4751-4
Year Date   Schl Rk.   Opp Rk.     PTS OPP MOV   OT
1974-751975-01-11IllinoisNorthwesternW64604
1973-741974-02-16Illinois@NorthwesternL7586-11
1972-731973-03-05IllinoisNorthwesternW77761
1972-731973-02-05Illinois@NorthwesternW84777
1971-721972-02-05IllinoisNorthwesternW68599
1971-721972-01-08Illinois@NorthwesternW67634
1970-711971-03-09IllinoisNorthwesternL7085-15
1969-701970-01-13Illinois17@NorthwesternW1018021
1968-691969-03-08Illinois20NorthwesternW786810
1968-691969-01-11Illinois4@Northwestern12W82775
1967-681968-02-24IllinoisNorthwesternW62611
1967-681968-02-10Illinois@NorthwesternL7178-7
1966-671967-02-04IllinoisNorthwesternW938310
1966-671967-01-10Illinois@NorthwesternL96104-8
1965-661966-03-07Illinois@NorthwesternL7684-8
1965-661966-02-07IllinoisNorthwesternL7780-3
1964-651965-03-02Illinois@NorthwesternW937023
1963-641964-02-01IllinoisNorthwesternW73712
1962-631963-03-04Illinois8NorthwesternW79736
1962-631963-01-14Illinois3@NorthwesternW78762

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