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Illinois schedule

Find kickoff times, TV channels and final scores.

12games listed
Featuring FBS teams

Team Conference Times shown in Season stage

Eastern time · TV & streaming listed separatelyUpdated Sep 20, 2:11 am UTC

12 games in this list: 3 final, 9 not yet final. TV or streaming outlets are listed for 6. 6 kickoff times are still TBD. Away teams appear first; neutral-site games are marked beside the venue.

Thursday, September 32026

Final9:00 PMEDT

UAB23

Illinois42

Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)

Big Ten NetworkTV

Saturday, September 122026

Final3:30 PMEDT

Duke31

Illinois27

Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)

FS1TV

Saturday, September 192026

Final2:00 PMEDT

Southern Illinois10

Illinois48

Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)

PeacockStreaming

Saturday, September 262026

Scheduled12:00 PMEDT

Illinois

Ohio State

Ohio Stadium

FOXTV

Saturday, October 32026

Time TBD

Purdue

Illinois

Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)

TV / streaming TBD

Saturday, October 102026

Time TBD

Illinois

Michigan State

Spartan Stadium

TV / streaming TBD

Saturday, October 242026

Time TBD

Oregon

Illinois

Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)

TV / streaming TBD

Saturday, October 312026

Time TBD

Illinois

Maryland

SECU Stadium

TV / streaming TBD

Friday, November 62026

Scheduled8:00 PMEST

Nebraska

Illinois

Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)

FOXTV

Friday, November 132026

Scheduled9:00 PMEST

Illinois

UCLA

Rose Bowl

FOXTV

Saturday, November 212026

Time TBD

Iowa

Illinois

Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)

TV / streaming TBD

Saturday, November 282026

Time TBD

Illinois

Northwestern

Ryan Field

TV / streaming TBD