date date the telecast's air date. On a series row, the year. Methodology →	telecast telecast the telecast the figure is attached to, with its air date. A figure with no telecast row is listed without one. Methodology →	figure figure the telecast's lead figure: Nielsen average audience, full telecast, as published. Blank when Nielsen has not published one. Methodology →
2025-12-30	Tennessee Volunteers at Illinois Fighting Illini	5,380,000
2024-12-31	South Carolina Gamecocks at Illinois Fighting Illini	4,260,000
2024-10-26	Illinois Fighting Illini at Oregon Ducks	2,750,000
2024-10-19	Michigan Wolverines at Illinois Fighting Illini	3,010,000
2024-09-28	Illinois Fighting Illini at Penn State Nittany Lions	3,090,000
2024-09-20	Illinois Fighting Illini at Nebraska Cornhuskers	4,210,000
2023-09-16	Penn State Nittany Lions at Illinois Fighting Illini	3,220,000
2022-10-29	Illinois Fighting Illini at Nebraska Cornhuskers	2,490,000
2021-08-28	Nebraska Cornhuskers at Illinois Fighting Illini	3,220,000
2020-12-19	Illinois Fighting Illini at Penn State Nittany Lions	739,000
2020-12-12	Illinois Fighting Illini at Northwestern Wildcats	617,000
2020-12-05	Iowa Hawkeyes at Illinois Fighting Illini	781,000
2020-11-21	Illinois Fighting Illini at Nebraska Cornhuskers	974,000
2020-10-23	Illinois Fighting Illini at Wisconsin Badgers	1,010,000
2019-12-30	California Golden Bears at Illinois Fighting Illini	1,870,000
2019-11-30	Northwestern Wildcats at Illinois Fighting Illini	219,000
2019-11-09	Illinois Fighting Illini at Michigan State Spartans	569,000
2019-10-19	Wisconsin Badgers at Illinois Fighting Illini	1,110,000
2019-10-12	Michigan Wolverines at Illinois Fighting Illini	2,130,000
2019-09-21	Nebraska Cornhuskers at Illinois Fighting Illini	896,000
2018-10-20	Illinois Fighting Illini at Wisconsin Badgers	783,000
2018-10-13	Purdue Boilermakers at Illinois Fighting Illini	501,000
2018-09-21	Penn State Nittany Lions at Illinois Fighting Illini	1,170,000
2017-11-18	Illinois Fighting Illini at Ohio State Buckeyes	3,093,000
2017-10-28	Wisconsin Badgers at Illinois Fighting Illini
2017-09-29	Nebraska Cornhuskers at Illinois Fighting Illini	1,071,000
2017-09-15	Illinois Fighting Illini at South Florida Bulls	1,369,000
2016-11-12	Illinois Fighting Illini at Wisconsin Badgers	811,000
2016-10-01	Illinois Fighting Illini at Nebraska Cornhuskers	1,146,000
2015-11-14	Ohio State Buckeyes at Illinois Fighting Illini	4,079,000
2015-10-31	Illinois Fighting Illini at Penn State Nittany Lions	939,000
2015-10-10	Illinois Fighting Illini at Iowa Hawkeyes	1,021,000
2015-09-19	Illinois Fighting Illini at North Carolina Tar Heels	590,000
2014-12-26	Illinois Fighting Illini at Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	2,340,000
2014-11-29	Illinois Fighting Illini at Northwestern Wildcats	252,000
2014-11-22	Penn State Nittany Lions at Illinois Fighting Illini	977,000
2014-11-01	Illinois Fighting Illini at Ohio State Buckeyes	3,620,000
2014-10-25	Minnesota Golden Gophers at Illinois Fighting Illini	633,000
2014-10-11	Illinois Fighting Illini at Wisconsin Badgers	1,050,000
2014-10-04	Purdue Boilermakers at Illinois Fighting Illini	585,000
2014-09-13	Illinois Fighting Illini at Washington Huskies	1,050,000
2013-11-16	Ohio State Buckeyes at Illinois Fighting Illini	2,890,000
2013-11-02	Illinois Fighting Illini at Penn State Nittany Lions	2,020,000
2013-10-05	Illinois Fighting Illini at Nebraska Cornhuskers	781,000
2013-09-07	Cincinnati Bearcats at Illinois Fighting Illini	553,000