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.

We don't have a firm timeline for the launch of CBB on Stathead, but we fully intend to have it available well before the end of the 2023-24 season for both men's and women's basketball.

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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 Penn State, sorted by descending Date

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Try our NCAA Tournament Matchup Finder for even more Tournament-related search options

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28 Wins, 15 Losses, .651 W%

Query Results

Query Results Table
Year Date   Schl Rk.   Opp Rk.     PTS OPP MOV   OT
2016-172017-02-11IllinoisPenn StateL7083-13
2016-172017-01-28Illinois@Penn StateL6771-4
2015-162016-03-06Illinois@Penn StateL7986-72
2014-152015-01-31IllinoisPenn StateW60582
2013-142014-02-09Illinois@Penn StateW60555
2013-142014-01-04IllinoisPenn StateW755520
2012-132013-02-21IllinoisPenn StateW64595
2011-122012-01-19Illinois22@Penn StateL5254-2
2010-112011-02-01IllinoisPenn StateW685117
2010-112011-01-11Illinois16@Penn StateL5557-2
2009-102010-01-27Illinois@Penn StateW776710
2009-102010-01-12IllinoisPenn StateW54531
2008-092009-03-05Illinois23@Penn StateL6364-1
2008-092009-02-18Illinois18Penn StateL3338-5
2007-082008-03-13IllinoisPenn StateW64631
2007-082008-02-16Illinois@Penn StateL5152-1
2007-082008-01-06IllinoisPenn StateL6468-4
2006-072007-03-08IllinoisPenn StateW66606
2006-072007-02-24Illinois@Penn StateW685018
2005-062006-02-04Illinois6Penn StateL6566-1
Year Date   Schl Rk.   Opp Rk.     PTS OPP MOV   OT
2004-052005-02-16Illinois1@Penn StateW836320
2004-052005-01-12Illinois1Penn StateW906426
2003-042004-02-21Illinois@Penn StateW66588
2003-042004-01-21IllinoisPenn StateW803743
2002-032003-01-25Illinois18@Penn StateW756312
2001-022002-02-20Illinois16Penn StateW835627
2000-012001-01-31Illinois6@Penn StateL9598-31
2000-012001-01-20Illinois11Penn StateW926032
1999-002000-03-11Illinois25Penn StateW948410
1999-002000-02-06Illinois@Penn StateW51501
1999-002000-01-22IllinoisPenn StateW877611
1998-991999-01-23IllinoisPenn StateL6165-4
1997-981998-01-31Illinois@Penn StateW77716
1996-971997-02-25Illinois21@Penn StateW876522
1996-971997-01-11Illinois25Penn StateW857015
1995-961996-02-08Illinois@Penn State10L5861-3
1994-951995-02-08IllinoisPenn StateW67589
1993-941994-03-05IllinoisPenn StateW845925
1993-941994-02-02Illinois@Penn StateW836518
1992-931993-02-20Illinois@Penn StateW74668
Year Date   Schl Rk.   Opp Rk.     PTS OPP MOV   OT
1992-931993-01-21IllinoisPenn StateW826616
1991-921991-11-25IllinoisPenn StateL6065-5
1990-911990-12-05Illinois@Penn StateL6878-10
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