Illinois coach Bret Bielema and his staff have continued to build out the program's 2026 recruiting class, adding 6-foot-4, ...

Illinois football coach Bret Bielema knows expectations for his team in 2025 have – relatively speaking – shot right through ...

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The Fighting Illini's Bret Bielema is the latest college football head coach to visit Dunlap's Mack Sutter this month.

Illinois won 10 games in 2024 including the Citrus Bowl. Here is how the Illini and coach Bret Bielema ranked in the final ...

Even as the Illini celebrate their best finish in 23 years, jockeying for position in the 2025 rankings has already begun ...

Illinois was one of five Big Ten teams that ended the season ranked. Unsurprisingly, the other four were the College Football Playoff teams. Ohio State not only won its first national title in a ...

Former Illinois Fighting Illini wide receiver Kenari Wilcher announced he’s transferring to play football at FAMU. He has two ...

Bret Bielema and the Illinois football staff this week could be found ... Illini end their 2024 season in Orlando and the Sunshine State with a 21-17 Citrus Bowl win over South Carolina, but ...

On the other hand, Illinois rose to No. 16 after ... with two of their losses coming to Oregon and Penn State—both of which made the College Football Playoff. With the AP Poll out, several ...

The Illinois football team ranked a season-high No ... teams in the final poll along with No. 1 national champion Ohio State, No. 4 Oregon, No. 5 Penn State and No. 10 Indiana.