The Illinois Fighting Illini’s college football schedule for 2024 includes meeting Michigan on October 19. Keep scrolling to check out the full slate.

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2024 Illinois Game and TV Schedule

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Illinois 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Fighting Illini are facing the 36th-ranked schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total from last year).
• In terms of difficulty — and based on its opponents’ projected win total this season — Illinois will be playing the 28th-ranked schedule this year.
• The Fighting Illini will face the 22nd-hardest conference schedule in college football, based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year (64).
• Illinois’ schedule includes six games against teams that finished over .500 in 2023 (three against teams with nine or more victories and zero against squads that collected three or fewer wins).
• The Fighting Illini will face seven teams in 2024 who played in a bowl game in 2023.

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Illinois Stat Insights (2023)

• The Fighting Illini ranked 63rd in total offense (391 yards per game) and 64th in total defense (377.3 yards allowed per game) last season.
• With 29.4 points allowed per game on defense, which ranked 38th-worst in FBS last season, Illinois was forced to lean on its 83rd-ranked offense (24.5 points per contest) to keep it in games.
• The Fighting Illini totaled 264.6 passing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked them 36th in FBS. On the defensive side of the ball, they ranked 71st, allowing 228.1 passing yards per contest.
• Illinois totaled 126.4 rushing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked it 98th in FBS. On defense, it ranked 63rd, giving up 149.2 rushing yards per game.
• Despite having a bottom-25 defense on third down that ranked 23rd-worst in FBS last season (44% third-down conversion rate), the Fighting Illini had more success on the other side of the ball, ranking 97th in FBS by posting a 36% third-down percentage.
• Illinois owned the 12th-worst turnover margin in college football last season at -8, forcing 14 turnovers (105th in FBS) while turning it over 22 times (112th in FBS).

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