The Illinois Fighting Illini’s college football schedule for 2024 includes facing Michigan on October 19. See below 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

• According to their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Fighting Illini will be facing the 36th-ranked schedule in terms of toughness.
• In terms of toughness — and based on its opponents’ projected win total this season — Illinois will be facing the 28th-ranked schedule this year.
• Taking into account 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 finished above .500 in 2023. That schedule includes three teams that ended with nine or more victories and zero squads with less than four wins last season.
• The Fighting Illini will play seven teams in 2024 who played in a bowl game in 2023.

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Illinois Stat Insights (2023)

• The Fighting Illini put up 391 yards per game on offense last year (63rd in FBS), and they gave up 377.3 yards per game (64th) on the defensive side of the ball.
• On offense, 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 ranked 36th in pass offense (264.6 passing yards per game) and 71st in pass defense (228.1 passing yards allowed per game) last year.
• Illinois compiled 126.4 rushing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked it 98th in FBS. On the defensive side of the ball, 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 percentage), the Fighting Illini had more success on the other side of the ball, ranking 97th in FBS by posting a 36% third-down percentage.
• 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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