The Illinois Fighting Illini are gearing up for an exciting 2025 season. With Bret Bielema steering the program toward stability and constant growth, the Illini are looking to build on recent progress and make a statement in the Big Ten. The Illinois 2025 football schedule features winnable games as well as some threats, setting the stage for a roller coaster year in Champaign.
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Illinois faces a balanced slate, starting with a trio of non-conference games against Western Illinois, Duke, and Western Michigan. The Big Ten schedule ramps up with road trips to Indiana, Purdue, Washington, and Wisconsin, as well as home games against USC, Ohio State, Rutgers, Maryland, and Northwestern.
With seven home games at Memorial Stadium, Illinois get to have many chances to witness real-time fan support, but the midseason gauntlet of USC, Ohio State, and Washington will be critical in shaping their season. Their schedule is:
- Aug. 30 vs. Western Illinois
- Sept. 6 at Duke
- Sept. 13 vs. Western Michigan
- Sept. 20 at Indiana
- Sept. 27 vs. USC
- Oct. 4 at Purdue
- Oct. 11 vs. Ohio State
- Oct. 25 at Washington
- Nov. 1 vs. Rutgers
- Nov. 15 vs. Maryland
- Nov. 22 at Wisconsin
- Nov. 29 vs. Northwestern
Here are the rest of our college football schedules, including week-by-week looks at every schedule released for the 2025 season.
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Our schedules will be updated when official times are announced.
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