With indications that this U of I football team is not a mirage, Bret Bielema has lifted a sleepy program into the athletic ...

Believe it or not, but college football preview season is starting to heat up. Now that analysts have a feel for teams’ post-portal rosters, articles are being spun up daily, previewing every single ...

Lou Tepper’s defense starred this fearsome foursome: John Holecek (52), Kevin Hardy (51), Dana Howard (40) and Simeon Rice ...

Kevin Hardy and Simeon Rice are two of the 79 players on the 2026 ballot, alongside nine FBS coaches. Hardy and Rice went No.

QB Luke Altmyer. They're coming off a 10-win season. According to the experts, they're a preseason top-15 team.

The Minutemen are set to open the 2025 season against Temple at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 30 at McGuirk Alumni Stadium, ...

The Illinois football team picked up a big commitment on Wednesday as three-star 2026 defensive lineman King Liggins announced that he will play for Bret Bielema and the Fighting Illini.

It was a great Wednesday on the recruiting trail in Champaign, but it started with the end of a 20-year drought. During this stretch for the Illinois football program, selling season tickets was like ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) – Illinois football has sold out its public season tickets for the first time in at least 20 years. Illinois Athletics announced the news on Wednesday, as standard public ...

Illinois high school football powerhouse Lincoln-Way East had another strong season in 2025 finishing 12-1 and falling only to eventual IHSA 8A state champs Loyola Academy in a nail-biter in the ...