The Illinois Fighting Illini will open their 2024 college football schedule on August 29, against Eastern Illinois of the FCS. See below for more.

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2024 Illinois Game and TV Schedule

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Illinois 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Fighting Illini are playing the 36th-ranked schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total last year).
• Illinois will face the 28th-ranked schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this year (75).
• 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 will play six games in 2024 against teams that finished over .500 in 2023 (three of those teams won nine or more games and zero of them totaled less than four wins).
• The Fighting Illini will clash with seven teams in 2024 who played in a bowl game in 2023.

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Illinois Stat Insights (2023)

• The Fighting Illini averaged 391 yards per game on offense last season (63rd in FBS), and they ranked 64th on the other side of the ball with 377.3 yards allowed per game.
• From an offensive standpoint, Illinois ranked 83rd in FBS with 24.5 points per game last season. Meanwhile, it ranked 96th in points allowed (377.3 points allowed per contest).
• The Fighting Illini put up 264.6 passing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked them 36th in FBS. On the other side of the ball, they ranked 71st, surrendering 228.1 passing yards per contest.
• Offensively, Illinois ranked 98th in FBS last season with 126.4 rushing yards per game. Meanwhile, it ranked 63rd in rushing yards allowed per contest (149.2).
• The Fighting Illini owned the 97th-ranked third-down offense last season (36% third-down conversion rate), but they were less effective defensively, ranking 23rd-worst with a 44% third-down conversion rate allowed.
• With 14 forced turnovers (105th in FBS) against 22 turnovers committed (112th in FBS), Illinois’ -8 turnover margin was the 12th-worst in college football last season.

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