The Illinois Fighting Illini will meet 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

• Taking into account their opponents’ combined win total last year (77), the Fighting Illini have the 36th-ranked schedule in college football.
• According to its opponents’ projected win total this season (75), Illinois has the 28th-ranked schedule in college football.
• The Fighting Illini are facing the 22nd-hardest conference schedule this season (based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year).
• 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 accumulated three or fewer wins a season ago.
• The Fighting Illini have seven games scheduled against teams that made a bowl game last year.

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Illinois Stat Insights (2023)

• On offense, 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).
• With 29.4 points allowed per game on defense, which ranked 38th-worst in FBS last season, Illinois had to lean on its 83rd-ranked offense (24.5 points per contest) to keep it competitive.
• The Fighting Illini averaged 264.6 passing yards per game on offense last year (36th in FBS), and they gave up 228.1 passing yards per game (71st) on the defensive side of the ball.
• Illinois ranked 98th in run offense (126.4 rushing yards per game) and 63rd in run defense (149.2 rushing yards allowed per game) last season.
• In addition to a 44% third-down conversion rate allowed on defense last season, which ranked 23rd-worst in FBS, the Fighting Illini put up a 97th-ranked third-down conversion rate (36%) on offense.
• 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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