When Bielema took over at Arkansas, he accepted the job knowing there was a mess to clean up in the wake of Bobby Petrino’s ...

After Illinois’ best season under head coach Bret Bielema, fans will be excited to hear Joe Klatt’s bold prediction regarding ...

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 ...

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.

Bret Bielema came away from his ... "The (class of) 2026 in the state of Illinois is loaded, but also downstate," Bielema said. "I was at a basketball game last night that I watched a young ...

Illinois coach Bret Bielema took aim at former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh in a series of tweets amid reported pushback by UM against the NCAA in its alleged sign-stealing investigation.

The Illini landed the highest-ranked prep recruit of the Bret Bielema era over the weekend ... He chose Illinois over Ohio State, Texas A&M, Michigan, Penn State, Oregon, Ole Miss, Tennessee ...

and hosts USC and Ohio State at home." LOOKING AHEAD:4 questions for Illinois football after its turnaround 2024 season On3: No. 7 "(Bret) Bielema was right," Andy Staples wrote. "We messed up by ...

As Nebraska slowly builds its next class, a Citrus Bowl imbroglio helped Bret Bielema and Illinois break out on the 2026 ...

Michigan State and Michigan both lost to the Illinois Illini this season in differing fashion. For the Wolverines, it is continuing off the field into the offseason. Illinois coach Bret Bielema ...

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

Many of the polls have Ohio State and Texas as the top two teams ... However, Illinois head coach Bret Bielema took offense to Pate's rating since his Illini team was left out of the top 25.