News-Gazette beat writer Bob Asmussen is on the voting panel, the only one from the state. He had Illinois at No. 19.

Tommy Rittenhouse threw three touchdown passes and Wenkers Wright ran for 150 yards as Illinois State defeated rival Eastern Illinois 31-7 on Saturday. The Redbirds (3-1) regained the trophy with a ...

Tai Felton is third in the country with 447 receiving yards. He's hauled in 27 passes, four of them for touchdowns, to help quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. early on. Edwards has completed 75% of his ...

No. 24 Illinois and No. 22 Nebraskas will open Big Ten play in front of a sellout crowd at Memorial Stadium — the 400th ...

It's Illinois vs Nebraska in Week 4 of the 2024 college football season. Here is the final score and highlights as the Fighting Illini and Cornhuskers open Big Ten play.

The Huskies, playing for the first time since winning at then-No. 5 Notre Dame two weeks ago, managed just six points in the ...

Illinois and Kansas combined for 17 points in the final 3:05 of the second quarter. The Illini led ... a good sign with games against No. 8 Penn State, No. 10 Michigan and No. 7 Oregon coming ...

Playing for the first time since stunning Notre Dame two weeks ago, No. 23 Northern Illinois lost to Buffalo 23-20 in ...

Illinois’ Howard Griffith sets an NCAA record when he scores eight rushing touchdowns in a 56-21 rout of Southern Illinois. Griffith gets touchdowns on three consecutive carries in the ...

Penn State accomplished most of its goals, though injuries to linebacker Dom DeLuca and running back Cam Wallace stung. The Nittany Lions replaced their starters in the third quarter, gave meaningful ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Paxton DeLaurent threw four touchdown passes and Southeast Missouri State defeated Southern Illinois 38-21 on Saturday night.