IL has been vocal about looking forward to playing Purdue in Champaign. Assuming that Purdue wins the games that it should heading into that game, the question is whether IL can win enough games for the Purdue game to be impactful to the Big Ten race. See below for their remaining schedule and win likelihood % from ESPN analytics, which would suggest that they'll lose 2 or 3 of those upcoming games:
at MSU - 43%
vs UM - 93%
at MD - 66%
at PSU - 78%
vs IA - 86%
vs MN - 91%
at WI - 41%
at MSU - 43%
vs UM - 93%
at MD - 66%
at PSU - 78%
vs IA - 86%
vs MN - 91%
at WI - 41%