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, ...

ESPN's FPI analytics view the Illini as underdogs against the Gamecocks, but the numbers also tell a more complex story ...

However, Illinois football under head coach Bret Bielema has turned a corner. Once seen as a traditional candidate for ...

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Bret Bielema should have been flagged for taunting South Carolina coach Shane Beamer, says ESPN's rules analyst.

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It's college football bowl season in 2024! Woohoo! And in the 2024 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl taking place in Orlando, we've got ...

ESPN's Football Power Index predicts a one-sided affair in the Citrus Bowl between South Carolina and Illinois.

Dec. 31 – South Carolina vs Illinois, Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida., 3 p.m.

During the 2024 college football regular season, ESPN’s FPI analytics were quite accurate in predicting the outcome of Illinois’ games. In fact, ESPN's metrics favored the team that would go ...