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Illinois' Underwood and Bielema are comfortable in finding themselves working through one tossup encounter after another.

A complete breakdown of which college football head coaches have the best chance to win their first national championship in ...

Illinois football had a turnaround season in 2024, winning 10 games and getting a victory over South Carolina in the Citrus ...

Much has been made already of the flare-up in the Cheez-It Bowl between South Carolina coach Shane Beamer and Illinois coach ...

Can Illinois upset the defending national champions for the second straight season? Its fanbase is beginning to think so.

Even as the Illini celebrate their best finish in 23 years, jockeying for position in the 2025 rankings has already begun ...

Illinois coach Bret Bielema celebrates after his team beat South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl. What that victory meant to the ...

Here's the 2025 ESPN Way-Too-Early Top 25: 2024 record: 14-2, 7-2 Big Ten Key returning players: WR Jeremiah Smith, WR Carnell Tate, S Caleb Downs Key losses: RB TreVeyon Henderson, WR Emeka Egbuka, ...

Firefighters have discovered a body at the scene of a fire that broke out Sunday afternoon in rural Whiteside County Sheriff John Booker has confirmed. Booker announced shortly before 4 p.m. Monday ...

Local and state fire officials are continuing their investigation into a house fire that broke out Sunday afternoon in Emerson. Sterling and Rock Falls firefighters and CGH EMS were called to 5500 ...

College football season still isn’t over, but next year still can’t come soon enough. Here is the way too early 2025 college ...