CFB

Illinois 19, at Ohio State 42

Saturday, September 26, 2026 · Final · Bowl Subdivision

Bowl Subdivision 1 2 3 4 PTS

Illinois Fighting Illini

3-3 · W1 · #44 (1653 ELO -3)

7 3 3 6 19

Ohio State Buckeyes

5-1 · W4 · #2 (2231 ELO +3)

14 14 0 14 42

Ohio Stadium · Columbus, OH

Attendance: 101,452

Ohio State Rolls Past Illinois Behind Sayin and Smith

COLUMBUS (Interstat) — Julian Sayin, a 6-foot-1, 203-pound quarterback from Carlsbad, California, threw four touchdown passes and ran for another score, and Jeremiah Smith, a 6-foot-3, 215-pound receiver from Miami Gardens, Florida, caught 12 passes for 217 yards and four touchdowns as Ohio State beat Illinois 42-19 in an NCAA Football Bowl Division game at Ohio Stadium on Saturday. A crowd of 101,452 watched Ohio State improve to 3-1. Illinois fell to 2-2. Sayin completed 27 of 36 passes for 367 yards and carried seven times for 29 yards. Smith’s four scoring receptions powered an Ohio State offense that finished… Read more...

Top Statlines

Julian Sayin OSU 36/27-367yd 7run-29yd 4td 1td
Katin Houser ILL 37/21-263yd 7run-14yd 1td
Ja'Kobi Jackson OSU 10run-56yd 1td

Forecasting

ELO Probability OSU 97.1%

Spread ILL +26.5

Projected Score OSU 38 ILL 15

Money Line OSU -4000/ILL +1600

Over/Under 54.5 (Over)