Indiana-Illinois and under-the-radar games in the College Football Playoff hunt

Indiana-Illinois and under-the-radar games in the College Football Playoff hunt

The next-tier teams after the name brands are now part of the CFP picture. It's time to pay attention to these kinds of matchups.

IU vs Illinois Preview With Danny Kanell

Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty The Indiana Hoosiers have their first real test of the 2025 season coming up this weekend.  The Hoosiers are 3-0, and fresh off a beatdown over Indiana State, but they will have their hands full when they take on the #9 Illinois Fighting Illini on Saturday night, in what should be a wild atmosphere in Bloomington. This will be a big moment for the Hoosiers, as they try to prove that last year’s success was not an …

Indiana will host top recruits for college football's biggest game of the weekend against Illinois

Indiana coach Curt Cignetti and the Hoosiers will host top recruits for Saturday night's showdown with Illinois.

IU football notebook: Fighting the Illini

Indiana football will be tested on Saturday. The Hoosiers, up to No. 19 in the AP Top 25, have No. 9 Illinois coming to Bloomington for a week four showdown. It’s a game with College Football Playoff implications early in the season at Memorial Stadium, in one of the more significant matchups in series history. IU head coach Curt Cignetti met with local media Monday to discuss the Fighting Illini, along with his Hoosiers. He had some unfortunate…

#8 Illinois Fighting Illini at #17 Indiana Hoosiers Game Preview

The Indiana Hoosiers versus the Illinois Fighting Illini, wow, what a great men’s basketball game this will be! Oh wait, hold on, this is actually football! What a time to be alive! Illinois and Indiana are playing a football game where they both have numbers next to their names. I’m old enough to remember a time where not every single college football game was televised, and back in those days, Illinois-Indiana was always a strong candidate for…