Category: Illinois Fighting Illini

Byrum Brown, Drew Mestemaker Headline Top Group of 6-to-Power 4 Transfer QBs

Byrum Brown, Drew Mestemaker Headline Top Group of 6-to-Power 4 Transfer QBs

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… College football teams are increasingly relying on transfer quarterbacks to take them to the postseason and beyond. Two years into the 12-team College Football Playoff format, all four starting signal-callers in the national championship game have been transfers. This degree of movement has become commonplace in the unlimited transfer era, which Congress is currently trying to curtail.

Big Ten Football 2026 All-Conference Team

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Athlon Sports’ Steven Lassan selects the best players in the Big Ten for the 2026 college football season.

ESPN names 10 favorite Big Ten football transfers of 2026

ESPN names 10 favorite Big Ten football transfers of 2026

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The transfer portal continues to reshape college football, and the Big Ten once again loaded up on talent entering the 2026 season. Bearing that in mind, ESPN’s Bill Connelly revealed his 10 favorite transfer additions in the conference. He highlighted impact players at quarterback, running back, defensive line and the secondary. Per usual, several programs […]

Big Ten Football 2026 Predictions

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Athlon Sports’ Steven Lassan projects and predicts the final Big Ten standings for ’26.

Big Ten Football 2026 Predictions

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Athlon Sports’ Steven Lassan projects and predicts the final Big Ten standings for ’26.

ESPN ranks college football’s top 100 newcomers for 2026 season

ESPN ranks college football’s top 100 newcomers for 2026 season

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… With less than 100 days remaining until the start of the 2026 college football season, rosters across the country are beginning to take shape. Transfer portal additions and elite freshmen are once again expected to play a major role in the race for the College Football Playoff. With that in mind, ESPN’s Billy Tucker released […]

Illinois adds JUCO prospect Deon Williams to 2026 class

Illinois adds JUCO prospect Deon Williams to 2026 class

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Illinois has signed Deon Williams, a JUCO defensive lineman who played at City College of San Fransisco last season. Williams will join the Illini’s 2026 recruiting class. He is the No. 35 JUCO prospect in the cycle and was originally apart of the 2025 recruiting cycle coming out of high school while playing at Liberty […]

Big Ten Coaches Talk Anonymously About Conference Foes for 2026

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Coaches dish candidly about their rivals in Athlon Sports’ 2026 College Football Preview magazine.

Big Ten Post-Spring Bold Predictions for the 2026 College Football Season

Big Ten Post-Spring Bold Predictions for the 2026 College Football Season

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… College football’s long offseason reached another milestone in May, as spring practice for all 138 teams wrapped up. Now the process begins to assess takeaways and what the spring practice session might mean for the ‘26 season. Spring practice around the Big Ten provided plenty of intrigue, especially with three national title contenders in Indiana, Oregon, and Ohio State likely clustered near the top of most preseason top-25 projections this fall.