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

A possible preseason top 10 ranking is building even more buzz for an Illinois football team coming off a Citrus Bowl victory ...

The championship ring has filled with nods to the turnaround football season, according to photos posted to social media by ...

The Illini continued the Big Ten's strong bowl season with a victory over the Gamecocks of the SEC. Here is every story from game day at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida: Illinois was ...

Illinois head coach Bret Bielema, right, and South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer chat on the field before the Citrus Bowl NCAA college football game, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Orlando ...

With only hours left before his No. 20 Illinois football team was set to take on No. 15 South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, coach Bret Bielema on Monday addressed the media a ...

When the final College Football Playoff rankings ... to play in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl against No. 20 Illinois at Camping World Stadium on Dec. 31. Still, coach Shane Beamer believes the new ...

CHAMPAIGN — Citrus Bowl representatives attended enough Illinois football games in the second ... about becoming bowl eligible," Illinois coach Bret Bielema said about the mood that day.

It doesn't matter if Illinois football fans ... The "best" of the bowl games in which the SEC and Big Ten are jointly affiliated has been presumed all along to be Citrus Bowl on New Year's Eve ...

The Illinois football team ... Illinois play in the Citrus Bowl? Let's take a look at three most likely bowl opponents — all 9-3 SEC teams on the CFP bubble. Outspoken coach Shane Beamer and ...