Stephen CohnTue, November 25, 2025 at 5:53 AM UTC·1 min readIt didn’t take much for the Illini to fall back down in the AP poll.
Illinois entered Monday night’s contest against UTRGV at No. 13, after dropping from No. 8 following Illinois’ loss to Alabama last week at the United Center.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementI wouldn’t read much into all of this right now, as it’s only late November, and the voters just react to every win and loss by every team. Plus, there have been almost zero major upsets in college basketball so far this season, so there’s not a ton of fluctuation or teams entering/leaving the rankings.
With that said, it’s the 79th week the Illini have been ranked in the nine-year Brad Underwood era. So that’s cool.
Illinois beat UTRGV on Monday night. Next up is a rematch 20 months in the making with UCONN at MSG on Black Friday.
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