The Illinois Fighting Illini’s college football schedule for 2024 includes playing Michigan on October 19. See below to check out the full slate.

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

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Illinois Stat Insights (2023)

• The Fighting Illini put up 391 yards per game on offense last season (63rd in FBS), and they ranked 64th defensively with 377.3 yards allowed per game.
• With 29.4 points allowed per game on defense, which ranked 38th-worst in FBS last season, Illinois had to rely on its 83rd-ranked offense (24.5 points per contest) to keep it in games.
• The Fighting Illini compiled 264.6 passing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked them 36th in FBS. On the defensive side of the ball, they ranked 71st, allowing 228.1 passing yards per contest.
• Illinois put up 126.4 rushing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked it 98th in FBS. On defense, it ranked 63rd, giving up 149.2 rushing yards per contest.
• In addition to a 44% third-down percentage 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 forced 14 total turnovers (105th in FBS) last season and turned it over 22 times (112th in FBS) to register a turnover margin of -8, the 12th-worst in college football.

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