More so than ever, the playoff is the No. 1 topic in the sport. And for the first time in what feels like forever, the Illini ...

Here is the Illinois Fighting Illini football schedule for the 2025 season, including known game times and TV channels.

The Big Ten Conference is filled with intense competition and elite talent in it's second year as an expended 18-team conference. College football analysts pred ...

Illinois football will not make the College Football Playoffs when the final rankings are released this weekend, but the Illini keep moving up. The Illini (9-3, 6-3) jumped to No. 21 in the fifth ...

Illinois football is very unlikely to make the final 12 of the College Football Playoffs when the final rankings are released in a few weeks. But the Fighting Illini can celebrate their inclusion ...

Especially given all the excitement leading up to this season, that assessment may come off as harsh. But it’s just a pre-explanation for this nugget: The Athletic, which recently released values of ...

Evaluating College Football Playoff sleeper teams Indiana (7-0): Indiana’s schedule could backfire if the bubble overcrowds. The Hoosiers didn’t play a Power Four nonconference opponent.

The Illini (7-1, 4-1 Big Ten) are ranked No. 16 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings. It’s the first time Illinois has been ranked in the nine-year history of the rankings.

Illinois was ranked 16th in the first College Football Playoff Top 25 poll of the season, marking the first time the program has appeared in those rankings since they began in 2014. The 13-person ...

With Illinois returning much of its production from last season, On3's Ari Wasserman predicts that the Illini will take another leap, projecting them to make the 2025 College Football Playoff.

The expectations around the Illini – including a CFP bid – are sky-high this season. How many wins gets them in?

Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua has a common-sense look at how teams should earn spots for the CFP.