The Illinois Fighting Illini face Michigan on October 19, a highlight of their 2024 college football schedule. For the full slate, keep scrolling.

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2024 Illinois Game and TV Schedule

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Illinois 2024 Strength of Schedule

• In terms of toughness, using their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Fighting Illini will be playing the 36th-ranked schedule this year.
• In terms of toughness — and using its opponents’ projected win total this season — Illinois will be playing the 28th-ranked schedule this year.
• Based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last season (64), the Fighting Illini have the 22nd-toughest conference schedule in college football.
• Illinois has six games this season against teams that went over .500 in 2023. That schedule includes three teams that ended with nine or more victories and zero squads with three or fewer wins last year.
• The Fighting Illini have seven teams that played in a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.

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Illinois Stat Insights (2023)

• The Fighting Illini totaled 391 yards per game on offense last year (63rd in FBS), and they gave up 377.3 yards per game (64th) on the other side of the ball.
• Illinois ranked 83rd in scoring offense (24.5 points per game) and 96th in scoring defense (29.4 points allowed per game) last season.
• The Fighting Illini put up 264.6 passing yards per game offensively last year (36th in FBS), and they gave up 228.1 passing yards per game (71st) on the defensive side of the ball.
• Illinois compiled 126.4 rushing yards per game on offense (98th in FBS) last season, and it ranked 63rd on defense with 149.2 rushing yards allowed per game.
• The Fighting Illini had the 97th-ranked third-down offense last year (36% third-down conversion rate), but they were less effective on the other side of the ball, ranking 23rd-worst with a 44% third-down conversion rate allowed.
• Illinois forced 14 total turnovers (105th in FBS) last season and turned it over 22 times (112th in FBS) for a turnover margin of -8, the 12th-worst in college football.

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