Schedule video for the 2024 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
Here is who Illinois will play in the 2024 college football season, from its opener vs. Eastern Illinois to the season finale at Wrigley Field.
Illinois basketball reworked its roster and the Fighting Illini are set to embark on a season of high expectations after last season winning the Big Ten Conference Tournament and making the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.
The conference released game dates Thursday, completing Illinois’ 2024-25 schedule. That Big Ten journey begins and ends in the state of Illinois — at Northwestern on Dec. 6 and at home vs. defending regular-season champion Purdue on March 7.
The Fighting Illini will travel to Ole Miss for a charity exhibition on Oct. 27. The regular season begins Nov. 4 against Eastern Illinois at State Farm Center.
Other schedule highlights include a Feb. 22 game against Duke at Madison Square Garden in New York, a road game against Final Four team Alabama, a Thanksgiving game in Kansas City against Arkansas, Big Ten west coast trip to face Oregon and Washington and visits from USC and UCLA.
Sunday, Oct. 27 — at Ole Miss (charity exhibition)
Monday, Nov. 4 — Eastern lllinois
Friday, Nov. 8 — SIU-Edwardsville
Wednesday, Nov. 13 — Oakland (Mich.)
Wednesday, Nov. 20 — at Alabama (Legacy Arena, Birmingham, Ala.)
Saturday, Nov. 23 — Maryland-Eastern Shore
Monday, Nov. 25 — Little Rock
Thursday, Nov. 28 — Arkansas (T-Mobile Center, Kansas City)
Friday, Dec. 6 — at Northwestern
Tuesday, Dec. 10 — Wisconsin
Saturday, Dec. 14 — Tennessee
Sunday, Dec. 22 — Missouri (Enterprise Center, St. Louis)
Thursday, Jan. 2 — at Oregon
Sunday, Jan. 5 — at Washington
Wednesday, Jan. 8 — Penn State
Saturday, Jan. 11 — USC
Tuesday, Jan. 14 — at Indiana
Sunday, Jan. 19 — at Michigan State
Thursday, Jan. 23 — Maryland
Sunday, Jan. 26 — Northwestern
Thursday, Jan. 30 — at Nebraska
Sunday, Feb. 2 — Ohio State
Wednesday, Feb. 5 — at Rutgers
Saturday, Feb. 8 — at Minnesota
Tuesday, Feb. 11 — UCLA
Saturday, Feb. 15 — Michigan State
Tuesday, Feb. 18 — at Wisconsin
Saturday, Feb. 22 — Duke (Madison Square Garden, New York)
Tuesday, Feb. 25 — Iowa
Sunday, March 2 — at Michigan
Friday, March 7 — Purdue
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