Athlon Sports. Expectations are sky high in Champaign as the 2025 college football season approaches. Bret Bielema is set for ...

Bret Bielema has become the modern CEO, building a tight “Fam-ILLy” culture that is far more important than the on-field ...

Bret Bielema kicked off Illinois' on-campus media day event Tuesday with an update on his roster through 10 days of training ...

With Illinois, Northwestern and Purdue leading the way, the Big Ten has mined the state more actively than anyone else.

Entering his fifth season, expectations have never been higher around Illini football. And the man in charge is a main reason ...

The 2025 college football preseason AP Poll Top 25 rankings came out on Monday afternoon. Texas, unsurprisingly, came in at ...

Illinois is ranked 12th in the inital AP Top 25, and returns plenty of production, but can they finish the year ranked better ...

South Carolina finished the 2024 season ranked No. 19 in the AP Top 25, a good year but with a flat finish after a bowl loss ...

Illinois coach Bret Bielema has already assembled a top-25 recruiting class for 2026, and if the quality of current Illini targets are any indication, the 2027 recruiting class class could be just as ...

The 2025 schedule sets up well for Illinois, which faces just three of the eight teams with better odds to win the Big Ten ...

Everyone has their favorites, but it will be hard to root against these coaches ahead of the upcoming college football season. Although the concept of likabilit ...