The Illinois Fighting Illini continue Big Ten Conference college football season at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16 against the Michigan State Spartans at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois.

Illinois football's gains on the field appear to finally be spilling over to the recruiting trail. On Sunday, Michael Clayton II, a top quarterback recruit from Sanford, Florida, committed to play ...

The IHSA football playoffs continued across Illinois as the high school football postseason rolled through the second weekend in all eight classes. We went from 16 to eight teams in each bracket ...

Illinois vs. Minnesota in a NCAA football game at Memorial Stadium in Champaign on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. Here come the Illini during the football game between Illinois and Minnesota at Memorial ...

Free Press sports writer Tony Garcia breaks down Michigan football's 2024 Week 8 matchup vs. No. 22 Illinois on Saturday in Champaign, Ill. Michigan: Out: S Rod Moore (ACL), DB Ja'Den McBurrows ...

Eastern Illinois will make its first ever trip to the state of North Carolina, heading to Boiling Springs, NC, in the western portion of the state to face Gardner-Webb. Both teams are coming off ...

Here are the Peoria-area second-round scores for the 2024 Illinois High School Association football playoffs, listed class-by-class and in bracket order. Looking for statewide scores? Click here ...

Just 128 high school football teams remain in the Illinois High School Association playoffs with second-round games Friday and Saturday across the state — eight of those programs in the Peoria area.

Two short weeks ago, Illinois was ranked No. 20 and fresh off ... falls to LSU this weekend and misses out on the College Football Playoff. And let's say after winning out, the Illini land in ...

Michigan football is now on a losing streak for the first time in four years after another disappointing performance Saturday. No. 22 Michigan (4-3) fell to No. 21 Illinois (6-1), 21-7 ...

The Friday night lights (and Saturday ones, too) get even brighter, starting now for high school football teams across Illinois. The state playoffs begin this weekend with first-round matchups in ...