After an afternoon full of emotions at now No. 12 Purdue (17-4, 7-3) on Saturday, No. 9 Illinois (18-3, 9-1) didn’t falter on Thursday night, defeating Washington (11-10, 3-7) 75-66. The Illini ...

Bret Bielema and the Illinois Fighting Illini will have a reunion with one of their players, seeing kicker Ethan Moczulski return to the program. Moczulski announced his decision to come back to ...

After grinding out a gritty road win at Iowa on Sunday, Illinois moved to 13-3 overall and 4-1 in the Big Ten. For now, the Illini sit at No. 16 in the AP poll – a spot they will surely leave in the ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa. — Make that ten of the last eleven against the Hawkeyes! After losing five straight games to Iowa from 2018-2020, Illinois has now won ten of the last eleven, five straight, and two ...

Editor's note: This list originally included Illinois defensive back Xavier Scott. He announced Jan. 15 he was returning to Illinois for the 2026 season. The NFL Draft season is here, and a handful of ...

Former Illini Giorgi Bezhanishvili and Coleman Hawkins overlapped for only one season at Illinois (in 2020-21, when Hawkins was a freshman and Bezhanishvili was in his final year in Champaign), but ...

Former Illinois offensive lineman Kellen Francis has transferred to Southern Illinois. Francis announced his commitment to SIU one week after entering the NCAA transfer portal. He follows in the ...

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...

Illinois Fighting Illini quarterback Luke Altmyer had an incredible night against the Tennessee Volunteers in a Music City Bowl win, but a play in the third quarter caught the eyes of college football ...

NASHVILLE – Tennessee football lost 30-28 to Illinois in the Music City Bowl at Nissan Stadium on Dec 30 to finish the 2025 season with two consecutive losses. David Olano kicked a 29-yard field goal ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- David Olano kicked a 29-yard field goal as time expired, and Illinois beat Tennessee 30-28 on Tuesday night in the Music City Bowl. Illinois (9-4) posted the first back-to-back ...