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 ...

Illinois football will try to take the next step into the College Football Playoff in 2025, building on its turnaround 10-win season that ended with a victory in the Citrus Bowl. The Fighting ...

While the Illinois football team is putting together an impressive class of 2026, more names are starting to emerge as possible targets. Bret Bielema has the Il ...

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 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 ...

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 ...