1957 Illinois

• Biggest upsetBeat No. 4 Minnesota 34–⁠13Oct 19

  Minnesota was ranked No. 4, above it.

Date	Opponent	Result	Elo
Sep 27	atUCLA	L 6–⁠16		28%
Oct 5	vsColgate	W 40–⁠0		54%
Oct 12	atOhio State	L 7–⁠21		30%
Oct 19	vs4Minnesota	W 34–⁠13		41%
Oct 26	at8Michigan State	L 14–⁠19		26%
Nov 2	vsPurdue	L 6–⁠21		58%
Nov 9	vs11Michigan	W 20–⁠19		36%
Nov 16	atWisconsin	L 13–⁠24		39%
Nov 23	vsNorthwestern	W 27–⁠0		77%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

1. Wk 6: 16
2. Wk 9: 15

• Bill BrownBack
• Bobby MitchellRunning back
• Rich KreitlingReceiver

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1957.

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Ohio State	7–⁠0	9–⁠1	2
Michigan State	5–⁠1	8–⁠1	3
Iowa	4–⁠1–⁠1	7–⁠1–⁠1	6
Wisconsin	4–⁠3	6–⁠3	19
Purdue	4–⁠3	5–⁠4
Michigan	3–⁠3–⁠1	5–⁠3–⁠1
Illinois	3–⁠4	4–⁠5
Minnesota	3–⁠5	4–⁠5
Indiana	0–⁠6	1–⁠8
Northwestern	0–⁠7	0–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.