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Week 1 of the College Football season is a few weeks away, making it a great time to look ahead at the schedule. Week 0 is the appetizer. Week 1 has value ...

Bret Bielema kicked off Illinois' on-campus media day event Tuesday with an update on his roster through 10 days of training ...

First, we wanted to know which game they thought would be the most chaotic, because college football is at its best when it ...

Everyone has their favorites, but it will be hard to root against these coaches ahead of the upcoming college football season. Although the concept of likabilit ...

Brother Rice three-star defensive lineman Brayden Parks has reeled in a myriad of offers across his prep career with Brian Kelly and the LSU Tige ...

Illinois is ranked 12th in the inital AP Top 25, and returns plenty of production, but can they finish the year ranked better ...

Courtesy of the preseason AP Top 25 poll, we'll have three Week 1 games involving teams ranked in the top 10, including a ...

The Illinois football team will begin the 2025 season ranked No. 12 in the AP Preseason Poll, the Associated Press announced ...

Finebaum not only argued that the Associated Press voters were right to rank Alabama ahead of LSU, but also said the Crimson ...

"Through 17 years," Bret Bielema said, "I learned don't worry about the things you can't control. Leave it to those who can." ...

The Big Ten features a fascinating collection of quarterbacks entering the 2025 college football season. Penn State’s Drew ...