Looking ahead to the 2025 season, the Illinois Fighting Illini return many key starters on both sides of the ball. While one ESPN college football writer predicted a top-15 preseason ranking in 2025, ...

Right now, 235 days before the Illinois season opener against Western Illinois, Bret Bielema’s team has many of the pieces it ...

"Illinois football is serving meals. The main course is Smash Mouth and the side dishes are In Your Face and You’re Welcome.

Illinois coach Bret Bielema was letting some prominent media outlets hear it after omitting his team from way-too-early 2025 ...

Illinois football defied history by defeating No. 14 South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl, overcoming past postseason struggles.

The SEC has a shot at winning the first 12-team College Football Playoff and its 14th national title in 19 years.

Arguably, the most important piece to the Illinois football offense is returning in 2025. Since the 2024 regular season ended ...

Josh McCray rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with 7:29 left, to lead No. 20 Illinois to ...

Wells’ merciless imitation Thursday wasn’t so out of the blue considering that the wide receiver and his former coach share a ...

Wells originally transferred to South Carolina after a productive freshman season at James Madison in 2021. He quickly became ...

Beamer saw Bielema’s taunt and started charging forward screaming and pointing at the Illinois head coach. A number of ...

The heated exchange pitting Bret Bielema and Shane Beamer against each other kept social media buzzing on New Year's Day.