Check out odds, insights and more in our betting preview for the Purdue Boilermakers vs. Illinois Fighting Illini college football matchup on September 25, 2021.

The Illinois Fighting Illini (1-3, 0-0 Big Ten) are 11-point underdogs in a road Big Ten matchup against the Purdue Boilermakers (2-1, 0-0 Big Ten) on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at Ross-Ade Stadium. The point total is 55 for the game.
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Odds for Purdue vs. Illinois
Odds courtesy of SI Sportsbook.
Over/Under Insights
- Purdue has not yet combined with its opponents to put up more than 55 points in a game this season.
- Illinois has combined with its opponents to score more than 55 points in two games this season.
- The two teams combine to score 53.5 points per game, 1.5 less than the over/under in this contest.
- The 46.3 combined points per game that these two squads have allowed this season are 8.7 fewer than the 55 total in this contest.
- Boilermakers games this season feature an average total of 60.3 points, a number 5.3 points higher than Saturday's over/under.
- The 56.3 PPG average total in Fighting Illini games this season is 1.3 points more than this game's over/under.
Purdue Stats and Trends
- Purdue has two wins against the spread in three games this year.
- The Boilermakers have been favored by 11 points or more once this season and covered the spread.
- Purdue's games this year have not gone over the point total yet in three opportunities.
- The Boilermakers score 30.7 points per game, comparable to the 30.3 per contest the Fighting Illini surrender.
- The Boilermakers rack up 437.0 yards per game, 44.5 fewer yards than the 481.5 the Fighting Illini give up per outing.
- The Boilermakers have three giveaways this season, while the Fighting Illini have six takeaways .
- Find the latest spread and moneyline odds for Purdue at SISportsbook.
Illinois Stats and Trends
- So far this year Illinois has two wins against the spread.
- Illinois' games this year have eclipsed the over/under two times in four opportunities (50%).
- This season the Fighting Illini average 6.8 more points per game (22.8) than the Boilermakers give up (16.0).
- Illinois is 2-1 against the spread and 1-2 overall in games when it puts up more than 16.0 points.
- The Fighting Illini average 43.8 more yards per game (353.5) than the Boilermakers allow per contest (309.7).
- Illinois is 2-2 against the spread and 1-3 overall when the team totals over 309.7 yards.
- The Fighting Illini have turned the ball over five times this season, three more turnovers than the Boilermakers have forced (2).
- Head to SISportsbook to find the latest moneyline, spread and over/under odds for this matchup.