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 ...

Before Bret Bielema arrived in Champaign, the Illini struggled to recruit the state of Illinois. In four years, that’s ...

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

Just one consecutive winning season since 1990. That’s when Illinois went 7-6 in both 2010 and 2011.The program looks to break a decades-long struggle of incons ...

The Illini aim to break through to the national spotlight after posting their first double-digit win season since 2001 last year.

I get it. I understand it,” Bielema said. “Everything seems to go back to 1990 or 2008 (Illinois rankings milestones). “I’m ...

He had a titanic run-in with South Carolina's Shane Beamer at last year's Citrus Bowl. He has needled back at fans dumping on ...

One of Illinois’s returning linemen will be limited during the first week of preseason camp. Bret Bielema shared with the ...

Bret Bielema’s Illini football team will kick off the 2025 season in 24 days. CHAMPAIGN — Based on ballyhooed player ...

More so than ever, the playoff is the No. 1 topic in the sport. And for the first time in what feels like forever, the Illini ...

One of the five wins in Walters' tenure with the Boilermakers was against former boss, Bret Bielema. He shared why his former assistant struggled.