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Illinois star cornerback Xavier Scott to miss most of the season with injury

Sep 22, 2025 3:29 pm - CHAMPAIGN — No. 23 Illinois will have to play most of the season without star cornerback Xavier Scott, coach Bret Bielema said Monday. Scott will undergo a procedure on W...
Impressive 63-10 rout over Illinois helps Indiana climb to No. 11, but will it silence the doubters?

By MICHAEL MAROT
Sep 21, 2025 4:18 pm - Indiana has spent coach Curt Cignetti's entire two-year tenure defending its schedule strength to the doubters who didn't believe the Hoosiers belonged in last year's College Football Playoff because they hadn't beaten a ranked team.
No. 19 Indiana takes control quickly and overwhelms No. 9 Illinois in 63-10 victory

By MICHAEL MAROT
Sep 20, 2025 10:20 pm - Fernando Mendoza threw five touchdown passes and D'Angelo Ponds scooped up the punt he blocked and returned it 11 yards for a score Saturday night, leading No. 19 Indiana past No. 9 Illinois 63-10 for its first win over a top 10 foe in five years — and easily the most lopsided.
Friendly coaches ready to square off as No. 9 Illinois and No. 19 Indiana try to stay unbeaten

By MICHAEL MAROT
Sep 18, 2025 10:59 am - Bret Bielema and Curt Cignetti don't have a long relationship, but it is clear they admire each other's work. They sat together at last year's Big Ten spring meetings, crisscross one another's recruiting paths and have built budding powers in the Big Ten, Bielema at No. 9 Illinois and Cignetti at No. 19 Indiana. Both have 3-0 marks this season and top 20 teams heading into one of Saturday's featured games.
O’Donnell: NBC set to show if the Fighting Illini are ready for their close-up

By Jim O'Donnell
Sep 16, 2025 6:00 am - Despite being ranked No. 9 in the country, Illinois heads to No. 19 Indiana on Saturday night for a nationally televised Big Ten matchup as a 4-point underdog, writes columnist Jim O’Donnell.
Luke Altmyer scores 3 TDs, No. 9 Illinois shuts out Western Michigan

By STEVE STEIN
Sep 13, 2025 9:45 pm - Luke Altmyer threw for two touchdowns and ran for another and No. 9 Illinois shut out Western Michigan 38-0 on Saturday night. Kaden Feagin rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown and Ca’Lil Valentine ran for 63 yards and a TD. Hank Beatty caught six passes for 53 yards and a TD.
Schwarz: Illini are playing a whole new ballgame under athletic director Josh Whitman

By Orrin Schwarz
Sep 12, 2025 5:54 pm - Tuesday’s announcement of a $100 million gift from alumnus Larry Gies to rename Illinois’ football stadium shows how the athletic program has changed in Champaign.
In the Big Ten’s early QB hierarchy, the familiar faces are outshining the new arrivals

By Scott Dochterman
Sep 09, 2025 7:00 am - Evaluating Big Ten quarterbacks through Week 2: the returning starters, the elevated starters, the freshmen and the transfers.
AP Top 25 Extra Points: No. 9 Illinois rides 6-game win streak to its 1st top-10 ranking since 2001

By ERIC OLSON
Sep 08, 2025 3:53 pm - These are heady times at Illinois. The Illini are enjoying their most successful run of football in over two decades. The No. 9 Illini entered the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday for the first time since 2001. The 20 weeks they've been ranked since Bret Bielema took over in 2021 are the most over a five-season stretch since the John Mackovic-Lou Tepper eras of the late 1980s and early '90s. They're on a six-game win streak heading into Saturday's home game against Western Michigan.
No. 11 Illinois was struggling for momentum at Duke. Then came a penalty that changed everything

By AARON BEARD
Sep 06, 2025 9:08 pm - Eleventh-ranked Illinois had just closed out a strong second-half performance that turned a close tussle at halftime into a lopsided win at Duke. And coach Bret Bielema had plenty of key plays to rattle off as he basked in the glow of a road victory.

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