The Illinois Fighting Illini will face an FCS opponent, Eastern Illinois, in their 2024 season opener on August 29. For the full Illinois schedule, keep scrolling.

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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 have the 28th-ranked schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this season (75).
• The Fighting Illini will have the 22nd-toughest conference schedule in college football, based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last season (64).
• Illinois will take on six teams this season that went over .500 in 2023. That schedule will pit them against three teams that had nine or more victories and zero squads with three or fewer wins last season.
• The Fighting Illini will have seven teams who made a 2023 bowl game on their schedule in 2024.

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Illinois Stat Insights (2023)

• Offensively, the Fighting Illini ranked 63rd in FBS with 391 yards per game last season. Meanwhile, they ranked 64th in total defense (377.3 yards allowed per contest).
• Illinois had the 83rd-ranked scoring offense last season (24.5 points per game), and it was less effective defensively, ranking 38th-worst with 29.4 points allowed per game.
• The Fighting Illini put up 264.6 passing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked them 36th in FBS. Defensively, they ranked 71st, allowing 228.1 passing yards per contest.
• Illinois compiled 126.4 rushing yards per game on offense (98th in FBS) last season, and it ranked 63rd on the other side of the ball with 149.2 rushing yards allowed 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 offense, ranking 97th in FBS by posting a 36% third-down percentage.
• Illinois owned the 12th-worst turnover margin in college football last season at -8, forcing 14 turnovers (105th in FBS) while turning it over 22 times (112th in FBS).

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