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In progress. College basketball is still being built and is not in the navigation. The ratings are ours and are shown with the date they were fitted; they are not graded in public.

How would two teams match up, by how much, and at what pace — and where does each rank?

2025-26 seasonthrough ratings as of 2026-04-06most recent completed season — 2026-27 has no ratings yet

Team 1: Illinois change (top 100 by AdjEM; any team via its page)
AkronAlabamaArizonaArizona StateArkansasAuburnBaylorBelmontBoise StateButlerBYUCaliforniaCincinnatiClemsonColoradoColorado StateCreightonDaytonDukeEast Tennessee StateFloridaFlorida StateGeorge MasonGeorge WashingtonGeorgetownGeorgiaGonzagaGrand CanyonHigh PointHofstraHoustonIllinoisIllinois StateIndianaIowaIowa StateKansasKentuckyLibertyLouisvilleLSUMcNeeseMiamiMiami (OH)MichiganMichigan StateMinnesotaMissouriMurray StateNC StateNebraskaNevadaNew MexicoNorth CarolinaNorthern IowaNorthwesternOhio StateOklahomaOklahoma StateOle MissProvidencePurdueSaint LouisSaint Mary'sSan Diego StateSanta ClaraSeton HallSMUSouth FloridaSt. John'sSt. Thomas-MinnesotaStanfordStephen F. AustinSyracuseTCUTennesseeTexasTexas A&MTexas TechTulsaUCFUCLAUConnUNC WilmingtonUSCUT Rio Grande ValleyUtah StateUtah ValleyVanderbiltVCUVillanovaVirginiaVirginia TechWake ForestWashingtonWest VirginiaWichita StateWisconsinWyomingYale
Team 2: USC change (top 100 by AdjEM; any team via its page)
AkronAlabamaArizonaArizona StateArkansasAuburnBaylorBelmontBoise StateButlerBYUCaliforniaCincinnatiClemsonColoradoColorado StateCreightonDaytonDukeEast Tennessee StateFloridaFlorida StateGeorge MasonGeorge WashingtonGeorgetownGeorgiaGonzagaGrand CanyonHigh PointHofstraHoustonIllinoisIllinois StateIndianaIowaIowa StateKansasKentuckyLibertyLouisvilleLSUMcNeeseMiamiMiami (OH)MichiganMichigan StateMinnesotaMissouriMurray StateNC StateNebraskaNevadaNew MexicoNorth CarolinaNorthern IowaNorthwesternOhio StateOklahomaOklahoma StateOle MissProvidencePurdueSaint LouisSaint Mary'sSan Diego StateSanta ClaraSeton HallSMUSouth FloridaSt. John'sSt. Thomas-MinnesotaStanfordStephen F. AustinSyracuseTCUTennesseeTexasTexas A&MTexas TechTulsaUCFUCLAUConnUNC WilmingtonUSCUT Rio Grande ValleyUtah StateUtah ValleyVanderbiltVCUVillanovaVirginiaVirginia TechWake ForestWashingtonWest VirginiaWichita StateWisconsinWyomingYale

On a neutral floor the ratings make Illinois a 15.7-point favourite at about 72 possessions; at Illinois it is +19.1, at USC +12.2 (from Illinois's side).

Neutral
+15.7
71.7 poss.
At Illinois
+19.1
71.7 poss.
At USC
+12.2
71.7 poss.

Margins are from Illinois's side, from the snapshot of 2026-04-06.

MetricIllinoisUSC
Adjusted efficiency margin+27.94+6.193
Adjusted offence125.01108.8131
Adjusted defence97.017102.778
Adjusted tempo68.825274.614
Raw offence123.61106.0194
Raw defence100.949107.0179
Effective FG%54.8%4250.4%224
Turnover rate12.6%1516.4%244
Offensive rebound rate110.4%122183.1%31
Free-throw rate34.0%20544.2%10
Opponent eFG%46.9%2149.7%90
Opponent turnover rate10.7%36415.1%209
Defensive rebound rate-15.1%254-32.9%285
Opponent free-throw rate18.6%133.4%141
Three-point attempt rate50.0%1534.1%292
Raw tempo67.330273.528

How this is measured

The projection is the existing projectMargin from lib/cbb/ratings: (AdjEM difference ± the fitted home advantage) × expected possessions ÷ 100, with pace the mean of the two adjusted tempos. It uses the latest snapshot, so it describes the two teams as rated on 2026-04-06 — it is not a line and it is not graded here.

Ranks are out of 364 rated teams, 1 = best; bold marks the better of the two where a metric has a better end.