2026 Week 2
Duke at Illinois
Friday, September 11, 2026 · 11:00 PM CDT
Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
Duke
ACC
- Record
- 0-0
- Rating
- 6.6
- National rank
- 44
- Proj. wins
- 6.3
- Playoff prob.
- 1%
Illinois
Big Ten
- Record
- 0-0
- Rating
- 12.9
- National rank
- 24
- Proj. wins
- 7.8
- Playoff prob.
- 4%
GIE win probability
Headline numbers below. The 90% confidence band reflects rating uncertainty (±1.5 points per side); the model isn't claiming precision down to the percentage point.
Duke
32%
Illinois
68%
Illinois 90% CI: 59% – 75% Δ rating 6.3
Illinois is the model's favorite at 68%. Duke has a 32% path. Home-field adjustment of +-0.4 rating points baked in for Illinois — venue-specific learned value (n=60 games).
Style fit
How each offense matches up against the opposite defense. Higher = the offense is expected to do well; mismatches show up here.
Duke offense
34 / 100
Style-neutral matchup
Illinois offense
40 / 100
Style-neutral matchup
Weather at kickoff
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Game info
- Kickoff
- Friday, September 11, 2026 · 11:00 PM CDT
- Venue
- Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
- Conference game
- No
- Neutral site
- No