Illinois Fighting Illini @ Northwestern Wildcats

8-19, 3-11 Big Ten

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Illinois ILL	13	10	16	14	53
Northwestern NU	17	19	11	19	66

Northwestern WildcatsNorthwesternNU

18-9, 7-7 Big Ten

Game Information

Evanston, IL

Referee:Tina Napier

Referee:Sue Blauch

Referee:Tiffany Bird

NCAA Division I

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
UCLA	18-0	-	37-1
Michigan	15-3	3	28-7
Iowa	15-3	3	27-7
Ohio State	13-5	5	27-8
Minnesota	13-5	5	24-9
Maryland	11-7	7	24-9
Michigan State	11-7	7	23-9
Washington	10-8	8	22-11
Illinois	9-9	9	22-12
USC	9-9	9	18-14
Oregon	8-10	10	23-13
Nebraska	7-11	11	19-13
Indiana	6-12	12	18-14
Wisconsin	5-13	13	16-18
Purdue	5-13	13	13-17
Penn State	4-14	14	11-18
Northwestern	2-16	16	8-21
Rutgers	1-17	17	9-20

Women's College Basketball News

Senate adjourns without scheduling vote Protect College Sports Act

The U.S. Senate adjourned for the week Thursday without scheduling a vote for the Protect College Sports Act, a bill aimed at reforming college sports.

Female college athletes see surge in NIL deals

College sports marketing company Learfield saw a 123% increase in female athlete participation in NIL compensation activities over the 2025-26 fiscal year.

Sources: Notre Dame passes Ohio State for richest patch deal

Notre Dame has reached a multiyear deal with SoFi Technologies that will place the financial service company's brand on the Fighting Irish's jerseys in every sport starting this season, the university announced Tuesday.

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