Illinois has had a great season at 8-3 and 7-3-1 against the spread and they face a bewildered Northwestern team who went 4-7 this year. The bottom line here is Illinois takes care of pretty much everybody except the heavyweights of the Big Ten and Northwestern loses to everybody they're supposed to including Michigan 50-6 last week. Luke Altmyer has done an outstanding job this year with 20 touchdowns and only three interceptions. He's the reason for the Illinois success. Illinois covers.