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Illinois football rankings in final coaches, AP Top 25 polls after turnaround 2024 season

Illinois won 10 games in 2024 including the Citrus Bowl. Here is how the Illini and coach Bret Bielema ranked in the final coaches and AP polls.

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Illinois football fans manifest way-too-early Ohio State upset after making AP Poll history to cap 10-3 season

Can Illinois upset the defending national champions for the second straight season? Its fanbase is beginning to think so.

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College football Top 25 rankings for 2025: Should Arizona State football be a Top 10 team?

The Arizona State Sun Devils closed the 2024 college football season as a Top 10 team in most end-of-season rankings. Will they open 2025 as one?

Notre Dame, Ohio State and Marcus Freeman

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What to know about Ohio State, Notre Dame and college football's championship game

That the Buckeyes and the Fighting Irish, two of the sport's most storied teams, are squaring off in the title game is a TV executive's dream — and a fitting end to the first-ever 12-team playoff.

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Marcus Freeman Takes Blame for Notre Dame's Loss to Ohio State in CFP Championship

Head coach Marcus Freeman shouldered the blame for Notre Dame's 34-23 loss to Ohio State in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game on

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Marcus Freeman says one person to blame for Notre Dame's championship loss

Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman is shouldering the blame for the Irish 34-23 loss to Ohio State in Monday night's College Football Playoff National Championship. Notre Dame fell into a 24-point hole against the Buckeyes midway through the third quarter that Freeman said was the result of uncharacteristic mistakes in communication for which he takes all the blame.

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Illinois Football Finishes No. 16 in AP Poll as Fans and Experts Look Ahead

Even as the Illini celebrate their best finish in 23 years, jockeying for position in the 2025 rankings has already begun ...

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Illinois football lands first in-state high school prospect since turnaround season

The DeKalb junior is a 6-foot-4, 200-pounder in the Class of 2026. In the last two seasons, he has 109 receptions for 1,952 ...

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Can't Wait For Saturday | Illinois all over the place in final AP ballot

Sign up for our daily Illini football newsletter here Greetings from "Can't Wait For Saturday," your morning morsel of ...

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Illinois football adds pair of transfers from top FCS programs

He has 34 starts in three seasons for the Vandals, who finished 10-4 and lost to national finalist Montana State in the FCS quarterfinals. Latest portal news, updates:Illinois football winter ...

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With Notre Dame losing to Ohio State, CFB's longest active winning streak is so wonky

Ohio State won four games in a row to win the College Football Playoff, it is not the sport's longest.

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Illinois Football Adds Three-Star Offensive Lineman Landen Von Seggern

Coach Bret Bielema and the Illini boosted their 2026 class and began building their offensive line of the future ...

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Illinois football signs all-Big Ten punter out of the transfer portal

The Illinois football team now has added a transfer from ... He came to Mississippi State out of ProKick Australia, which also has produced the last two Illini punters in Hugh Robertson and ...

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