CFB Schedule college football
Wk 2 · 2026

Duke Blue Devils at Illinois Fighting Illini — Sat, Sep 12

Sat, Sep 12 · Gies Memorial Stadium, Champaign · FS1
Duke Blue Devils
ACC · no games yet
at
3:30pET
no line posted yet
Illinois Fighting Illini
Big Ten · no games yet

What is at stake

A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race.

Efficiency · 2025 ratings

+3.3#47
Efficiency margin
+5.2#33
31.9
Offense (pts/100)
29.4
28.6
Defense (pts/100)
24.2
67.4
Pace (plays/g)
63.7
5.94
Yards / play
5.73
6.24
Yards / play allowed
5.50
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College King's 2025 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is always the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one.

Team stats · 2025 per game

34.0
Points / game
29.3
28.7
Points allowed
23.2
415
Yards / game
370
409
Yards allowed
351
269
Pass yds allowed
226
140
Rush yds allowed
124
1.00
Turnovers / game
0.92
From completed 2025 box scores; defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.

Duke form

W 27-20at UVAW 49-32vs WAKEW 32-25at UNCL 17-34vs UVAL 34-37at CONN
2025 season

Illinois form

W 20-13vs NUL 10-27at WISW 24-6vs MDW 35-13vs RUTGL 25-42at WASH
2025 season

Duke this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.

Illinois this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked when the game goes final. There is no line archive before this season, so these records begin with 2026 Week 1.

Common opponents · 0

These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.
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Series history · 2006–2026

Illinois leads the series 1–0 · Illinois won the last one
1 meeting in 2006–2026 · average margin 26.0 points toward Illinois
Yr DateResultSiteWon
20252025-09-06Illinois 45 — 19 Dukeat DUKEIllinois

Duke leaders 2025 season

PassingDarian Mensah QB #10305/449, 3646 YDS, 30 TD, 5 INT
Henry Belin IV QB #22/5, 22 YDS
RushingNate Sheppard RB #20178 CAR, 962 YDS, 10 TD
Anderson Castle RB #4110 CAR, 470 YDS, 11 TD
Jaquez Moore RB #939 CAR, 192 YDS, 1 TD
ReceivingCooper Barkate WR #1868 REC, 1069 YDS, 6 TD
Que'Sean Brown WR #354 REC, 668 YDS, 3 TD
Sahmir Hagans WR #237 REC, 463 YDS, 6 TD
Jeremiah Hasley TE #8534 REC, 404 YDS, 5 TD
Defense
TacklesCaleb Weaver S #382
Luke Mergott LB #3480
DaShawn Stone S #877
SacksVincent Anthony Jr. DE #77.5
Josiah Green DT #43.5
Aaron Hall DT #992.5
InterceptionsChandler Rivers CB #02
Moussa Kane CB #222
Tre Freeman LB #122
full roster and per-player history

Illinois leaders 2025 season

PassingLuke Altmyer QB #9226/332, 2811 YDS, 21 TD, 5 INT
Hank Beatty WR #802/2, 31 YDS, 1 TD
RushingCa'Lil Valentine RB #5123 CAR, 549 YDS, 4 TD
Kaden Feagin TE #83119 CAR, 499 YDS, 7 TD
Aidan Laughery RB #2162 CAR, 305 YDS, 3 TD
ReceivingHank Beatty WR #8064 REC, 826 YDS, 3 TD
Collin Dixon WR #1733 REC, 538 YDS, 5 TD
Hudson Clement WR #1333 REC, 406 YDS, 3 TD
Justin Bowick WR #019 REC, 234 YDS, 4 TD
Defense
TacklesMatthew Bailey DB #776
Miles Scott S #1059
Dylan Rosiek LB #2849
SacksGabe Jacas EDGE #1711
Leon Lowery Jr. LB #92
Tomiwa Durojaiye DL #132
InterceptionsMiles Scott S #103
Dylan Rosiek LB #281
Torrie Cox Jr. DB #51
full roster and per-player history
These are season totals for the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year, taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still appears against the year he earned it; the roster pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is. A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game.