The Nebraska Cornhuskers (16-6, 6-5 Big Ten) are underdogs (by 9.5 points) to break a four-game road losing streak when they visit the No. 14 Illinois Fighting Illini (16-5, 7-3 Big Ten) on Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 6:30 PM ET. The point total is set at 154.5 in the matchup.
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Illinois vs. Nebraska Odds & Info
Date: Sunday, February 4, 2024
Time: 6:30 PM ET
TV: Big Ten Network
Where: Champaign, Illinois
Venue: State Farm Center
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Spread
Over/Under
Illinois
-9.5
154.5
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Illinois Betting Records & Stats
In eight of 18 games this season, Illinois and its opponents have combined to total more than 154.5 points.
Illinois has an average point total of 151.3 in its contests this year, 3.2 fewer points than this game’s over/under.
The Fighting Illini have a 9-9-0 record against the spread this season.
Nebraska (13-7-0 ATS) has covered the spread 50% of the time, 15% more often than Illinois (9-9-0) this season.
Illinois vs. Nebraska Over/Under Stats
Games Over 154.5
% of Games Over 154.5
Average PPG
Combined Average PPG
Average Opponent PPG
Combined Average Opponent PPG
Average Total
Illinois
8
44.4%
82.3
159.7
69.0
139.2
146.7
Nebraska
7
35%
77.4
159.7
70.2
139.2
146.7
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Additional Illinois Insights & Trends
Illinois has gone 7-3 over its last 10 games, with a 6-4 record against the spread during that span.
Seven of Fighting Illini’s past 10 contests have gone over the total.
The Fighting Illini have put together a 4-4-0 conference record against the spread this season.
The 82.3 points per game the Fighting Illini put up are 12.1 more points than the Cornhuskers give up (70.2).
Illinois has a 9-5 record against the spread and a 14-3 record overall when putting up more than 70.2 points.
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Illinois vs. Nebraska Betting Splits
ATS Record
ATS Record Against 9.5+ Point Spread
Over/Under Record (O-U-P)
Illinois
9-9-0
3-5
10-8-0
Nebraska
13-7-0
0-0
13-7-0
Illinois vs. Nebraska Home/Away Splits
Illinois
Nebraska
11-2
Home Record
14-1
3-3
Away Record
1-5
4-7-0
Home ATS Record
11-3-0
3-2-0
Away ATS Record
1-4-0
79.6
Points Scored Per Game (Home)
80.7
83.2
Points Scored Per Game (Away)
68.0
3-8-0
Over-Under-Push Record (Home)
10-4-0
5-0-0
Over-Under-Push Record (Away)
2-3-0
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Illinois has seen more tornadoes in 2026 than in any year on record.
Following several more tornadoes confirmed this week across the state, Illinois has recorded 143 tornadoes so far in 2026, beating the previous record of 142 tornadoes set in 2024. With reliable records dating back to 1950, Illinois averages just 54 tornadoes per year. But in recent years, the state has experienced many more:
2023: 121
2024: 142
2025: 126
2026: 143 and counting
Unlike 2024, when a record two-day tornado outbreak accounted for a large share of the year’s tornadoes, the activity in 2026 has been spread out across several months.
On Thursday, June 11, a tornado outbreak brought at least 21 confirmed tornadoes to northern Illinois and northwest Indiana, 13 of them in Illinois. Two tornadoes that day — in Streator, Illinois, and Hebron, Indiana — reached rare EF-3 intensity, with winds over 135 miles per hour. Numerous injuries were reported from the storms, but there were no fatalities.
Confirmed tornadoes from June 11:
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Long Point to Streator, IL: EF-3
Wenona/Osage Township, IL: EF-1
Graymont to Dwight, IL: EF-1
Lee, IL: EF-U
Harpster to Elliott, IL: EF-0
Pembroke Township (Leesville), IL: EF-U
St. John to Schererville, IN: EF-0
Paxton/Loda, IL: EF-1
Merrillville to Hobart, IN: EF-2
Ludlow, IL: EF-1
Cedar Lake, IN: EF-0
Schneider to Hebron, IN: EF-0
Watseka, IL: EF-0
Hebron to Kouts, IN: EF-3
Wellington/Prairie Green Township, IL: EF-1
Bartlett, IL: EF-1
Boswell to Atkinson, IN: EF-1
Ade to Mount Ayr, IN: EF-0
Naperville to Lisle, IL: EF-0
Hickory Hills to Garfield Ridge: EF-2
Morocco, IN: EF-0
Though most of the Chicago area dodged severe weather from storms this week, the National Weather Service confirmed a brief tornado touchdown Wednesday night in Lake County near Grayslake. The EF-0 tornado had estimated winds of 80 miles per hour and was on the ground for about a quarter-mile. Damage consisted of several downed or split trees and sporadic minor roof damage along a narrow corridor in the Saddlebrook Farms subdivision.
Four more tornadoes were confirmed Wednesday in western and central Illinois. NWS crews are still surveying damage in central Illinois, and more tornadoes may be added to the count in the coming days.
With 143 tornadoes so far this year, Illinois leads the nation in tornado count for the third time in the last four years — a remarkable statistic for a state not typically thought of as being in Tornado Alley.
The recent increase in tornado activity across Illinois and the Midwest fits research showing a shift in tornado-favorable environments away from parts of the traditional Plains Tornado Alley and farther east into the Midwest and South. Climate change is one likely factor, as warming temperatures are expected to make the Plains hotter and drier overall, shifting tornado ingredients eastward toward the Mississippi River.
BEECHER CITY, Ill. (WAND) – Farms were damaged in Effingham County Wednesday evening when a powerful storm swept through at around 8 p.m.
The McKay Farm in Beecher City was heavily damaged when the rapidly moving storm hit.
“Two buildings were totally destroyed,” Dan McKay told WAND News on Thursday. “We’ve got five grain bins and they’re all damaged.”
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The buildings collapsed onto farm equipment and a semi that were parked in the structures. A utility pole was snapped and ripped out of the ground.
In nearby Shumway, another farm was hit. A barn collapsed, with a grain bin being ripped apart and debris traveling several hundred feet through a nearby corn field. A house on the property was also damaged.
