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After winning their first Big Ten game of the season a week ago at Purdue, Rutgers football was thrashed 35-13 today against Illinois. The game started with the Scarlet Knights going three and out thanks to three straight incompletions.

Any semblance of progress Rutgers showed against one of the Big Ten’s worst teams last week went away as soon as it faced an above-average opponent. A week after putting together its best defensive performance in a conference game this season against Purdue,

After picking up their first win of the season against Purdue, the Scarlet Knights' defense fell apart once again, unable to contain Illinois quarterback Luke Altmyer.

The Illinois Fighting Illini (5-3) and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (4-4) square off on Saturday, November 1, 2025 at Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL) in a battle of Big Ten opponents. Keep reading to see our projection for this matchup.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Let’s make something clear from the start: Rutgers suffered another heavy defeat on Saturday because it could not stop its opponent once again. The Scarlet Knights (4-5, 1-5) were carved up by Illinois (6-3, 3-3) in a 35-13 loss that was not as close as the score indicated.

An Illini defense that can't afford any more bad news, just got some with the release of the pregame injury report