Illinois Football Schedule 2026

2026 results · Updated 2026-10-10

ILL this season

Record

2-3 · 5 played

Points

153 scored · 130 allowed

Latest result

Oct 3 vs Purdue Boilermakers · 17–24

Current / next fixture

Oct 24 vs Oregon Ducks

AP Top 25 · 2026-09-27

Unranked

Schedule guide · Reviewed 2026-10-11

Reading the Illinois schedule

Next matchup

Illinois plays next against Oregon Ducks on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at home in Champaign, Illinois. The kickoff time is TBD. TV coverage is TBD.

Home and away stretches

Illinois alternates venues across Maryland, Nebraska, UCLA, Iowa and Northwestern. The UCLA trip sits between the Nebraska and Iowa home dates, while Northwestern is listed away rather than as another Champaign fixture.

This closing stretch runs from Sat, Oct 31 through Sat, Nov 28. Dates are shown in Eastern time; successive fixtures may have an open week between them.

Rivalry and event dates

• Land of Lincoln Trophy: Sat, Nov 28 — at Northwestern Wildcats · kickoff TBD

What remains unannounced in our listings

• Sat, Oct 24 — vs. Oregon Ducks: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Sat, Oct 31 — at Maryland Terrapins: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Fri, Nov 6 — vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers: TV network TBD.
• Fri, Nov 13 — at UCLA Bruins: TV network TBD.
• Sat, Nov 21 — vs. Iowa Hawkeyes: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Sat, Nov 28 — at Northwestern Wildcats: kickoff time, TV network TBD.

This guide interprets the published fixture list. Schedule data snapshot: 2026-10-10; results are recorded through October 9. New broadcaster selections and results may not yet be reflected here.

Confirmed finals through 2026-10-10

Team scoring

Record

2-3

Games played

5

Points scored

153

Points allowed

130

Points per game

30.6

Points allowed per game

26.0

Point differential

+23

These figures include only the confirmed final scores in the schedule above. Player yards and individual leaders are not included because those figures have not been sourced here.