Entering his fifth season, expectations have never been higher around Illini football. And the man in charge is a main reason ...

Entering his fifth season, expectations have never been higher around Illini football. And the man in charge is a main reason ...

Illinois coach Bret Bielema has already assembled a top-25 recruiting class for 2026, and if the quality of current Illini targets are any indication, the 2027 recruiting class class could be just as ...

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

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

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

Bret Bielema and Illinois football are ranked No. 12 in the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll, which was released Monday. The ...

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

Illinois football enters the 2025 season with high expectations under fifth-year coach Bret Bielema. Will the bowl-winning ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...