If the projections hold, Illinois could play a perennial College Football Playoff juggernaut in the opening round next year.

The Illinois football team ranked a season-high No. 16 in the final US LBM Coaches Poll, released Tuesday, one day after the College Football Playoff championship game. The Illini (10-3 ...

Bret Bielema and the Fighting Illini are building one of the nation's best classes with its 2026 recruits. Here is a running list.

While the Illinois football team is putting together an impressive class of 2026, more names are starting to emerge as ...

The 2024-25 college football season is over ... At No. 71 is a game I might have put a bit higher: Illinois 31, Nebraska 24 in overtime. The Sept. 20 game at Lincoln, Neb., saw the home team ...

The Illinois Fighting Illini had a stellar 2024-25 college football season. The program compiled a 10-3 record and closed out the season with a win over the South Carolina Gamecocks in the Cheez ...

Illinois coach Bret Bielema celebrates after his team beat South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl. What that victory meant to the team in The AP poll will be announced Tuesday morning. College Football ...

Illinois football coach ... the most linemen to the NFL in college football and that being my final goal gives me a huge push towards my decision." Ten Illini offensive linemen have been drafted ...

Just in case the Illinois football offseason hype train couldn't get any wilder, it did Monday when On3's Andy Staples dropped his brand-new way-too-early College Football Playoff with the Illini ...