Illinois will enter an anticipated 2025 season ranked among the top college football teams in the nation. See where The AP ...

Illinois football is ranked pretty high. But how likely are the Illini to win the Big Ten or make the College Football ...

The Illini face a huge season entering this fall, as Bret Bielema is in his fifth year in Champaign. Illinois finished 10-3 ...

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The 2025 schedule sets up well for Illinois, which faces just three of the eight teams with better odds to win the Big Ten ...

The Illini return their starting quarterback and entire offensive line from last season, but that's just the beginning of what they bring back ...

To understand Illinois football's rise, you must embrace Bret Bielema's swagger. This job, and place, suit him. And his team is ready to make history.

Illinois football coach Bret Bielema was the first to speak at the 2025 Big Ten Conference media day. Here is everything he ...

What's good for Illinois football, of course, is Bielema's primary focus. But the longtime coach — about to enter his 17th ...

INDIANAPOLIS – Bret Bielema was just 35 years old when he learned he would replace Barry Alvarez as Wisconsin’s head coach after the 2005 college football season. He was 42 when he coached his ...

Illinois’ Bret Bielema wants to keep the focus off himself as the former Wisconsin coach returns to Camp Randall Stadium with an opposing team for the first time since his surprising exit a ...

Bret Bielema used a GPS to get to work Monday, his first time driving from a downtown Champaign hotel to his new office. He was relieved one of his keys unlocked the doors in the Smith Center ...