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Ca'Lil Valentine vs ranked teams

Illinois · AP Top 25 · 2024-2026 · regular season and postseason

Ca'Lil Valentine has averaged 20.9 rushing yards in 9 games against AP Top 25 opponents, vs 41.1 in 21 games against everyone else (2024-2026, regular season and postseason).

Vs AP Top 25
20.9
rushing yards per game · 9 games
Vs everyone else
41.1
rushing yards per game · 21 games
Difference
−20.2
per game, ranked minus everyone else

Career and by season

Ca'Lil Valentine per game averages against AP Top 25 opponents and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesRush attRush ydsRush TDRec ydsDiff vs others
CareerAP Top 2594.920.90.114.6−20.2
Everyone else219.041.10.244.3
2026AP Top 25110.047.00.0033.0+2.5
Everyone else410.044.50.253.3
2025AP Top 2535.725.30.000.3−28.5
Everyone else1011.453.80.405.4
2024AP Top 2553.413.00.201.4−8.0
Everyone else75.121.00.003.3

Every game against a ranked opponent

  1. 2026 Week 4at No. 7 Ohio State10 carries, 47 rush yds, 0 TD · 1 catches, 33 rec yds, 0 TD
  2. 2025 Week 7vs No. 1 Ohio State3 carries, 6 rush yds, 0 TD · 0 catches, 0 rec yds, 0 TD
  3. 2025 Week 5vs No. 21 USC8 carries, 59 rush yds, 0 TD · 1 catches, 5 rec yds, 0 TD
  4. 2025 Week 4at No. 19 Indiana6 carries, 11 rush yds, 0 TD · 1 catches, -4 rec yds, 0 TD
  5. 2024 postseasonvs No. 14 South Carolina1 carries, 3 rush yds, 0 TD · 0 catches, 0 rec yds, 0 TD
  6. 2024 Week 9at No. 1 Oregon5 carries, 27 rush yds, 1 TD · 1 catches, 6 rec yds, 0 TD
  7. 2024 Week 5at No. 9 Penn State0 carries, 0 rush yds, 0 TD · 1 catches, 1 rec yds, 0 TD
  8. 2024 Week 4at No. 22 Nebraska3 carries, 10 rush yds, 0 TD · 0 catches, 0 rec yds, 0 TD
  9. 2024 Week 2vs No. 19 Kansas8 carries, 25 rush yds, 0 TD · 0 catches, 0 rec yds, 0 TD

What counts: a game is ranked when the opponent stood in that week's AP Top 25 at kickoff. Games are regular season and postseason. Games are placed by season and week; dates and scores are not shown. Past results, not a projection.