One of the best games on the Illinois Fighting Illini’s college football schedule in 2024 is on October 19, versus Michigan. The full slate can be found below.

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2024 Illinois Game and TV Schedule

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Illinois 2024 Strength of Schedule

• In terms of difficulty, using their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Fighting Illini will be playing the 36th-ranked schedule this year.
• According to its opponents’ projected win total this year (75), Illinois has the 28th-ranked schedule in college football.
• Based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year (64), the Fighting Illini have the 22nd-hardest conference schedule in college football.
• Illinois has a schedule that features six games in 2024 against teams that finished above .500 in 2023 (three of those teams won nine or more games and zero of them accumulated three or fewer wins).
• The Fighting Illini’s schedule in 2024 includes seven returning teams who played in a bowl game.

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Illinois Stat Insights (2023)

• The Fighting Illini totaled 391 yards per game on offense last season, which ranked them 63rd in FBS. Defensively, they ranked 64th, allowing 377.3 yards per contest.
• Illinois put up 24.5 points per game offensively last year (83rd in FBS), and it gave up 29.4 points per game (96th) on defense.
• Offensively, the Fighting Illini ranked 36th in FBS with 264.6 passing yards per game last season. Meanwhile, they ranked 71st in passing yards allowed per contest (228.1).
• Offensively, Illinois ranked 98th in FBS last season with 126.4 rushing yards per game. Meanwhile, it ranked 63rd in rushing yards allowed per contest (149.2).
• The Fighting Illini sported the 97th-ranked third-down offense last year (36% third-down percentage), but they were worse defensively, ranking 23rd-worst with a 44% third-down percentage allowed.
• Illinois forced 14 total turnovers (105th in FBS) last season and turned it over 22 times (112th in FBS) for a turnover margin of -8, the 12th-worst in college football.

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