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Monday, On3 released its way-too-early College Football Playoff pairings, wisely including the Illini alongside fellow Big ...

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

Illinois football has put together another solid recruiting class that is coming into the program. Coming into Monday, the ...

The release of the NCAA’s findings on Michigan’s recruiting, sign-stealing, and advanced in-person scouting scandal has rocked the college football world. The N ...

Dawn Staley reacts to Shane Beamer's massive fight with Bret Bielema as Illinois upsets South Carolina ... In their last game, Missouri trampled Jackson State 90-51 behind Grace Slaughter's ...

Many of the polls have Ohio State and Texas as the top two ... respectively. However, Illinois head coach Bret Bielema took offense to Pate's rating since his Illini team was left out of the ...

Bret Bielema ... It's clear that Bielema wants to make Florida a priority destination for Illinois. Not only did the Illini end their 2024 season in Orlando and the Sunshine State with a 21-17 ...

Illinois plays three difficult road games at Indiana, Washington and Wisconsin, and hosts USC and Ohio State at home." "(Bret) Bielema was right," Andy Staples wrote. "We messed up by leaving ...

Bret Bielema's talented 2022 team ... game was similarly close as Mississippi State broke a 10-10 tie with a field goal at :04. Two years later, Illinois won the close ones.

It’s advice he and other design experts hope the Illinois Flag Commission will take to heart as it forges ahead with the contest to pick a new flag to represent the state. Participants can also ...