Rivalry leaderboard
Illinois-Michigan Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 70/100
- Overtime
- 1
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 98
- Series record
- Illinois 24-72-2 Michigan
- Tracked years
- 1898-2024
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
24 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1946Week 7
Illinois at Michigan
Illinois 13, Michigan 9
Winner: Illinois
No. 5 Illinois vs. No. 8 Michigan · 4-point margin
Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
70
Game score
- 1989Week 11
Michigan at Illinois
Michigan 24, Illinois 10
Winner: Michigan
No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 8 Illinois · 14-point margin
Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
62
Game score
- 1983Week 10
Michigan at Illinois
Michigan 6, Illinois 16
Winner: Illinois
No. 13 Michigan vs. No. 6 Illinois · 10-point margin
Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
58
Game score
- 1992Week 12
Michigan at Illinois
Michigan 22, Illinois 22
Result: Tie
No. 3 Michigan vs. Unranked Illinois · 0-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
58
Game score
- 1985Week 10
Illinois at Michigan
Illinois 3, Michigan 3
Result: Tie
Unranked Illinois vs. No. 4 Michigan · 0-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
- 2000Week 5
Michigan at Illinois
Michigan 35, Illinois 31
Winner: Michigan
No. 10 Michigan vs. No. 19 Illinois · 4-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
54
Game score
- 1957Week 9
Michigan at Illinois
Michigan 19, Illinois 20
Winner: Illinois
No. 18 Michigan vs. No. 15 Illinois · 1-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
53
Game score
- 1948Week 8
Illinois at Michigan
Illinois 20, Michigan 28
Winner: Michigan
Unranked Illinois vs. No. 1 Michigan · 8-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
52
Game score
- 1947Week 8
Michigan at Illinois
Michigan 14, Illinois 7
Winner: Michigan
No. 2 Michigan vs. Unranked Illinois · 7-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
52
Game score
- 1951Week 8
Michigan at Illinois
Michigan 0, Illinois 7
Winner: Illinois
Unranked Michigan vs. No. 3 Illinois · 7-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
51
Game score
- 1975Week 11
Michigan at Illinois
Michigan 21, Illinois 15
Winner: Michigan
No. 4 Michigan vs. Unranked Illinois · 6-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
51
Game score
- 1974Week 10
Michigan at Illinois
Michigan 14, Illinois 6
Winner: Michigan
No. 4 Michigan vs. Unranked Illinois · 8-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
49
Game score
- 1963Week 9
Michigan at Illinois
Michigan 14, Illinois 8
Winner: Michigan
Unranked Michigan vs. No. 8 Illinois · 6-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
47
Game score
- 1950Week 8
Illinois at Michigan
Illinois 7, Michigan 0
Winner: Illinois
No. 8 Illinois vs. Unranked Michigan · 7-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
46
Game score
- 1999Week 9
Illinois at Michigan
Illinois 35, Michigan 29
Winner: Illinois
Unranked Illinois vs. No. 9 Michigan · 6-point margin
Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
46
Game score
- 1994Week 9
Michigan at Illinois
Michigan 19, Illinois 14
Winner: Michigan
No. 11 Michigan vs. Unranked Illinois · 5-point margin
Ranking 15/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
45
Game score
- 1993Week 9
Illinois at Michigan
Illinois 24, Michigan 21
Winner: Illinois
Unranked Illinois vs. No. 13 Michigan · 3-point margin
Ranking 13/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
45
Game score
- 1990Week 12
Illinois at Michigan
Illinois 17, Michigan 22
Winner: Michigan
No. 22 Illinois vs. No. 16 Michigan · 5-point margin
Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
- 1953Week 8
Michigan at Illinois
Michigan 3, Illinois 19
Winner: Illinois
Unranked Michigan vs. No. 3 Illinois · 16-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 19/35 · Overtime 0/15
42
Game score
- 1973Week 11
Illinois at Michigan
Illinois 6, Michigan 21
Winner: Michigan
Unranked Illinois vs. No. 4 Michigan · 15-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 20/35 · Overtime 0/15
42
Game score
- 1949Week 8
Michigan at Illinois
Michigan 13, Illinois 0
Winner: Michigan
No. 6 Michigan vs. Unranked Illinois · 13-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
42
Game score
- 1956Week 9
Illinois at Michigan
Illinois 7, Michigan 17
Winner: Michigan
Unranked Illinois vs. No. 10 Michigan · 10-point margin
Ranking 16/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
41
Game score
- 1964Week 9
Illinois at Michigan
Illinois 6, Michigan 21
Winner: Michigan
Unranked Illinois vs. No. 6 Michigan · 15-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 20/35 · Overtime 0/15
40
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.