It's early, but Illinois' class ranks No. 6 nationally and includes two blue-chippers among the eight commitments.

As part of its look ahead to the 2025 college football season, the busy folks at ESPN have designated a season-defining game for each team in its way-too-early Top 25. Checking in at No. 13, Illinois' ...

The much-anticipated Nebraska vs. Tennessee football home-and-home series planned for 2026 and 2027 is off the schedule and ...

The Big Ten wants to put a game on every Friday of football season. Here’s an attempt to project which 2025 games could make ...

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

When Bielema took over at Arkansas, he accepted the job knowing there was a mess to clean up in the wake of Bobby Petrino’s ...

Illinois football continues its productive recruiting offseason. The Illini landed the highest-ranked prep recruit of the ...

Recruited by wide receivers coach Justin Stepp alongside offensive coordinator Barry Lunney Jr., Hudson Clement became dead set on attending Illinois after his visit to Champaign.

The Mountain West Conference released the 2025 football schedule on Thursday morning. The announcement completes San Diego ...

The UFL begins its 2025 season in March, a merger of the USFL and XFL. The eight teams include 13 who played high school or college in Illinois.

Two more Illinois football assistant coaches are leaving the program. Kevin Richardson, who served as an assistant defensive backs coach for the Illini for two years, accepted a job with Mike Vrabel’s ...

The Fighting Illini coach didn't call out the recruit by name, but Bielema watched Dunlap's Mack Sutter play basketball ...