Illinois vs Ohio State squares: the winning numbers
Illinois Fighting Illini 19, Ohio State Buckeyes 42. The winning square at the end of each quarter is below, Ohio State across the top and Illinois down the side.
Winning squares
Read as Ohio State digit first, then Illinois, the way the grid below is laid out.
How each team's scores end
The last digit of each team's own final score, from its recent seasons. A team that kicks a lot of field goals shows up here long before it shows up in the league-wide grid.
Ohio State Buckeyes
Final score ended in 4 in 16% of 61 games (2021-2025), then 1 (11%).
Illinois Fighting Illini
Final score ended in 0 in 18% of 60 games (2021-2025), then 4 (15%).
How often each square has won
Final scores from every completed College Football game in the data, laid out the way this grid is: Ohio State across the top, Illinois down the side.
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.8 |
| 2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| 3 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| 4 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 |
| 5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| 6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| 7 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| 8 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| 9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
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