| 85. Illinois (13-18) | Rating: 79.57 | SOS Rank: 56 | Proj: 13-18 |
| DATE | OPPONENT | RNK | W-L | Res/Pct | Sco/MOV | QUAL | |
| Fri, | Nov 10 | Southern Univ | 322 | 13-18 | W | 102-55 | +24 |
| Sun, | Nov 12 | TN Martin | 290 | 8-21 | W | 77-74 | −16 |
| Fri, | Nov 17 | DePaul | 104 | 11-20 | W | 82-73 | +4 |
| Sun, | Nov 19 | Marshall | 111 | 24-11 | W | 91-74 | +11 |
| Fri, | Nov 24 | NC Central | 315 | 16-16 | W | 86-73 | −8 |
| Tue, | Nov 28 | at Wake Forest | 86 | 11-20 | L | 73-80 | −4 |
| Fri, | Dec 1 | at Northwestern | 74 | 14-17 | L | 68-72 | +1 |
| Sun, | Dec 3 | Maryland | 38 | 18-13 | L | 91-92 | +1 |
| Wed, | Dec 6 | Austin Peay | 197 | 17-15 | W | 64-57 | −6 |
| Sat, | Dec 9 | *UNLV | 88 | 20-13 | L | 82-89 | −7 |
| Wed, | Dec 13 | Longwood | 343 | 4-26 | W | 92-45 | +20 |
| Sat, | Dec 16 | *New Mexico St | 66 | 25-6 | L | 69-74 | −3 |
| Sat, | Dec 23 | *Missouri | 36 | 19-13 | W | 70-64 | +12 |
| Sat, | Dec 30 | Grand Canyon | 116 | 21-12 | W | 62-58 | −2 |
| Wed, | Jan 3 | at Minnesota | 98 | 15-17 | L | 67-77 | −8 |
| Sat, | Jan 6 | at Michigan | 10 | 31-7 | L | 69-79 | +4 |
| Thu, | Jan 11 | Iowa | 83 | 14-19 | L | 97-104 | −10 |
| Mon, | Jan 15 | at Nebraska | 61 | 22-11 | L | 63-64 | +5 |
| Fri, | Jan 19 | at Wisconsin | 67 | 15-18 | L | 50-75 | −20 |
| Mon, | Jan 22 | Michigan St | 4 | 30-5 | L | 74-87 | −2 |
| Wed, | Jan 24 | Indiana | 73 | 16-15 | W | 73-71 | 0 |
| Tue, | Jan 30 | Rutgers | 118 | 14-19 | W | 91-60 | +24 |
| Sun, | Feb 4 | at Ohio St | 16 | 25-9 | L | 67-75 | +4 |
| Thu, | Feb 8 | Wisconsin | 67 | 15-18 | L | 69-78 | −11 |
| Sun, | Feb 11 | Penn St | 30 | 24-13 | L | 52-74 | −18 |
| Wed, | Feb 14 | at Indiana | 73 | 16-15 | L | 68-78 | −5 |
| Sun, | Feb 18 | Nebraska | 61 | 22-11 | W | 72-66 | +5 |
| Tue, | Feb 20 | at Michigan St | 4 | 30-5 | L | 61-81 | −3 |
| Thu, | Feb 22 | Purdue | 3 | 30-7 | L | 86-93 | +5 |
| Sun, | Feb 25 | at Rutgers | 118 | 14-19 | W | 75-62 | +13 |
| Wed, | Feb 28 | *Iowa | 83 | 14-19 | L | 87-96 | −9 |