News-Gazette beat writer Bob Asmussen is on the voting panel, the only one from the state. He had Illinois at No. 19.

Tommy Rittenhouse threw three touchdown passes and Wenkers Wright ran for 150 yards as Illinois State defeated rival Eastern Illinois 31-7 on Saturday. The Redbirds (3-1) regained the trophy with a ...

Tai Felton is third in the country with 447 receiving yards. He's hauled in 27 passes, four of them for touchdowns, to help quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. early on. Edwards has completed 75% of his ...

No. 24 Illinois and No. 22 Nebraskas will open Big Ten play in front of a sellout crowd at Memorial Stadium — the 400th ...

Illinois snapped Nebraska’s undefeated start in the Huskers’ first-ever home Friday night game. NU (3-1, 0-1 Big Ten) lost to ...

Dylan Raiola passed for 247 yards and two touchdowns and No. 23 Nebraska continued its best start since 2016 with a 34-3 win ...

The Huskies, playing for the first time since winning at then-No. 5 Notre Dame two weeks ago, managed just six points in the ...

Illinois and Kansas combined for 17 points in the final 3:05 of the second quarter. The Illini led ... a good sign with games against No. 8 Penn State, No. 10 Michigan and No. 7 Oregon coming ...

Penn State accomplished most of its goals, though injuries to linebacker Dom DeLuca and running back Cam Wallace stung. The Nittany Lions replaced their starters in the third quarter, gave meaningful ...

Playing for the first time since stunning Notre Dame two weeks ago, No. 23 Northern Illinois lost to Buffalo 23-20 in ...

Upton Bellenfant kicked a 37-yard field goal in overtime to give Buffalo a 23-20 victory over No. 23 Northern Illinois ...