Illinois College vs. Lake Forest

Illinois College and Lake Forest first met in 2020 and have played 6 times; Lake Forest leads the series 5–⁠1. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Lake Forest 5–⁠1.

Illinois College wins
1
Lake Forest wins
5
Ties
0
First meeting
2020
Longest streak
4 Lake Forest
Current streak
1 Lake Forest
Last 10 meetings
Lake Forest 5–⁠1
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2020s1–⁠5
Average margin
18 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Illinois College
1–⁠3 Illinois College’s record at home
At Lake Forest
2–⁠0 Lake Forest’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Illinois College’s biggest win2025: Illinois College 28, Lake Forest 25by 3 points
  2. Lake Forest’s biggest win2022: Lake Forest 40, Illinois College 7by 33 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Illinois College and Lake Forest, 2020 on13001500170020202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Every game

Sep 26, 2026Lake Forest 48, Illinois College 21at Illinois College
Sep 13, 2025Illinois College 28, Lake Forest 25at Illinois College
Sep 14, 2024Lake Forest 42, Illinois College 35at Lake Forest
Sep 9, 2023Lake Forest 37, Illinois College 6at Illinois College
Oct 8, 2022Lake Forest 40, Illinois College 7at Lake Forest
Apr 17, 2021Lake Forest 21, Illinois College 14at Illinois College

Every game is listed as played on the field.