Big Ten Women's Basketball Tracker
Since the 2017–18 season, Illinois and Northwestern have met 18 times, and Northwestern has the better of it at 10–8.
Most recently Illinois won 92–65 on February 22, 2026.
Right now Illinois is 0–0 and Northwestern is 0–0, with Northwestern at 264 days since a win against Illinois' 199.
| Date | Site | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Feb 22 2026 | Northwestern home | Illinois | 92–65 |
| Sun, Jan 18 2026 | Illinois home | Illinois | 74–71 |
| Thu, Feb 6 2025 | Illinois home | Illinois | 73–60 |
| Thu, Jan 23 2025 | Northwestern home | Illinois | 85–60 |
| Thu, Feb 8 2024 | Illinois home | Illinois | 82–71 |
| Sun, Jan 14 2024 | Northwestern home | Illinois | 93–52 |
| Sun, Jan 22 2023 | Northwestern home | Illinois | 67–64 |
| Thu, Jan 5 2023 | Illinois home | Illinois | 85–79 |
| Sun, Feb 20 2022 | Illinois home | Northwestern | 82–59 |
| Wed, Mar 10 2021 | Neutral site | Northwestern | 67–42 |
| Wed, Feb 24 2021 | Illinois home | Northwestern | 67–61 |
| Thu, Jan 21 2021 | Northwestern home | Northwestern | 73–54 |
| Sat, Feb 29 2020 | Northwestern home | Northwestern | 75–58 |
| Sat, Dec 28 2019 | Illinois home | Northwestern | 77–50 |
| Sun, Jan 27 2019 | Illinois home | Northwestern | 64–56 |
| Mon, Dec 31 2018 | Northwestern home | Northwestern | 68–45 |
| Sun, Feb 18 2018 | Northwestern home | Northwestern | 68–61 |
| Sun, Dec 31 2017 | Illinois home | Northwestern | 74–59 |
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