Illini placekicker David Alano is perfect on 24 PATs and 14 of 17 on field goals. The Spartans have Purdue and Rutgers to close out the season and have a chance to land a bowl bid to cap Jonathan ...

Illinois returns 18 players from its Citrus Bowl team that finished No. 16 in the final AP Top 25 poll. Illinois football season tickets: Mini-plan Illinois will put its four-game mini-plan ticket ...

Illinois football head coach Bret Bielema is here to stay – at least for the foreseeable future. On Tuesday, Bielema signed a six-year contract extension designed to keep him in Champaign ...

Illinois has played at least one Friday night game now for the past five seasons, compiling a 1-5 record in those games this decade. The lone win in that time span happened last year with a 31-24 ...

Illinois high school football powerhouse Lincoln-Way East had another strong season in 2025 finishing 12-1 and falling only to eventual IHSA 8A state champs Loyola Academy in a nail-biter in the ...

Three-star Ohio defensive lineman Parker Crim announced Wednesday on social media his commitment to Illinois football. Crim, a 6-foot-3, 235-pound junior from Lima (Ohio) Elida High, is ranked as ...

It was a great Wednesday on the recruiting trail in Champaign, but it started with the end of a 20-year drought. During this stretch for the Illinois football program, selling season tickets was ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) – Illinois football has sold out its public season tickets for the first time in at least 20 years. Illinois Athletics announced the news on Wednesday, as standard public ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois has locked in its football and men's basketball coaches for the long term, agreeing to six-year contracts with Bret Bielema and Brad Underwood.

The Illinois Fighting Illini football team beat Wisconsin off the field Wednesday in a recruiting battle for a top defensive lineman. King Liggins, a 6-foot-4, 285-pound Class of 2026 defensive ...