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

Bret Bielema enters his fifth season in Champaign with nearly every starter returning from a team that won 10 games, including a win over South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl. They are predicted to ...

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

The Illini return their starting quarterback and entire offensive line from last season, but that's just the beginning of what they bring back ...

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

RJ Young reveals his "Ultimate 136" college football rankings ahead of the 2025 season. Here's where the Fighting Illini land.

The Illini picked up their latest kick specialist from Down Under in Gray, who committed to Bret Bielema's program on Thursday ...

Just one consecutive winning season since 1990. That’s when Illinois went 7-6 in both 2010 and 2011.The program looks to ...

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

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 ...

What's good for Illinois football, of course, is Bielema's primary focus. But the longtime coach — about to enter his 17th ...

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 ...