The Illinois Fighting Illini will begin their 2024 college football schedule on August 29, against Eastern Illinois of the FCS. See below for more.

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2024 Illinois Game and TV Schedule

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Illinois 2024 Strength of Schedule

• Based on their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Fighting Illini will be playing the 36th-ranked schedule in terms of toughness.
• In terms of difficulty — and based on its opponents’ projected win total this season — Illinois will be playing the 28th-ranked schedule this year.
• The Fighting Illini will face the 22nd-toughest conference schedule in college football, based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last season (64).
• In 2024, Illinois will face six teams that had winning records last season, including three that won nine or more games, while facing zero squads that notched three or fewer wins a year ago.
• The Fighting Illini will see seven teams on their schedule this season that made a bowl game in 2023.

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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 totaled 24.5 points per game on offense last season (83rd in FBS), and it ranked 96th on defense with 29.4 points allowed per game.
• 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 put up 126.4 rushing yards per game offensively last year (98th in FBS), and it gave up 149.2 rushing yards per game (63rd) on the other side of the ball.
• Despite having a bottom-25 defense on third down that ranked 23rd-worst in FBS last season (44% third-down percentage), the Fighting Illini played better offensively, ranking 97th in FBS by posting a 36% third-down conversion rate.
• Illinois had 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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