CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - The University of Illinois finished in fifth place in Abbott and the Big Ten's We Give Blood drive competition , according to Abbott Communications.

Fifth-place Illinois finished with 5,131 donations, following an eighth-place finish in 2024.

An estimated 15,393 lives will be impacted through the donations.

The University of Wisconsin finished atop the conference leaderboard with 15,476 donations, followed by Nebraska, Michigan and Ohio State.

Abbott added that the 18 Big Ten universities contributed 83,043 donations, impacting almost 250,000 lives.

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