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

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

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 ...

Illinois' freshman class is carrying a lot of the load for the No. 23-ranked Illini (15-7, 7-5 Big Ten), especially if you count Tomislav Ivisic — a 21-year-old first-year college player whom ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...