The Fighting Illini added to their already-touted 2026 recruiting class by landing a four-star safety from Texas.

South Carolina coach Shane Beamer remains bitter about how his team's season concluded. After finishing 9-3 with a six-game ...

Illinois football's Class of 2026 is growing in national ranks after it got a commitment from a 4-star linebacker Cam Thomas ...

"As a JUCO kid, I'd been recruited, but I had never seen a head coach come down to Fort Dodge, Iowa, to talk to me," Kante ...

The latest one, however, might be the funniest one yet. Monday, On3 released its way-too-early College Football Playoff ...

Bielema and the Illini received a verbal commitment from elite cornerback recruit Victor Singleton, less than a week after ...

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Illinois coach Bret Bielema is feeling great. The Illini are coming off their first 10-win season since 2001. A junior day over the weekend had more than a dozen of the top local prospects on campus.

Illinois has welcomed nearly a dozen collegiate transfers to the football program, looking to build upon the Illini’s ...

Bielema came in at No. 18, four spots below Kansas coach Lance Leipold, whom Illinois and Bielema defeated in an early-season matchup last September. This arrangement wasn't the only puzzling ...

After finishing the 2024 season with a 10-3 record and a tense win over South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl, the Illinois Fighting Illini are expected to compete for a College Football Playoff spot in 2 ...

Coach Bret Bielema and the Illinois football program rounded out its 2025 recruiting class Monday, two days before national ...