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9–4 5-4 Big Ten

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SB Nation: The Champaign Room · 2h ago Ohio State picked to win 2026 Big Ten title 2

Illini Guys · 2h ago Watch: Illini coach Bret Bielema Pre-Week 1 vs UAB press conference 3

Illini Guys · 4h ago Linebackers Likely Illini Defensive Coach-to-Player Audio Recipient 4

Yahoo Sports CFB · 4h ago Minnesota vs Eastern Illinois Prediction: Can the Gophers Get Going?

Schedule

SEP 3

vs UAB 9:00 PM ET

SEP 12

vs Duke 3:30 PM ET

SEP 19 vs Southern Illinois 2:00 PM ET

SEP 26

@ Ohio State TBD

OCT 3

vs Purdue TBD

OCT 10

@ Michigan State TBD

OCT 24

vs Oregon TBD

OCT 31

@ Maryland TBD

NOV 6

vs Nebraska 8:00 PM ET

NOV 13

@ UCLA 9:00 PM ET

NOV 21

vs Iowa TBD

NOV 28

@ Northwestern TBD

Players to Watch

QB · #4 · SR Katin Houser #45 · ▼ 11 this week 23K followers · 6 mentions / wk

WR · #1 · SR Jayshon Platt #53 · ▲ 115 this week 21K followers · 5 mentions / wk

WR · #13 · SR Hudson Clement #147 · ▲ 105 this week 12K followers · 2 mentions / wk

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QB · #4 · SR Katin Houser #45 · ▼ 11 this week 23K followers · 6 mentions / wk

WR · #1 · SR Jayshon Platt #53 · ▲ 115 this week 21K followers · 5 mentions / wk

WR · #13 · SR Hudson Clement #147 · ▲ 105 this week 12K followers · 2 mentions / wk

#PlayerPosClass · Size Attention rankFollowersMentions / wk

Katin Houser QB SR · 6'3" 201 #45 ▼ 11 23K 6 1

Jayshon Platt WR SR · 6'0" 180 #53 ▲ 115 21K 5 13

Hudson Clement WR SR · 6'1" 190 #147 ▲ 105 12K 2 10

James Kreutz LB SR · 6'1" 210 #147 — 2,828 2 26

Ismael Kante EDGE SR · 6'2" 225 #319 — 30K 1 3

Kaden Feagin TE JR · 6'2" 217 #319 — 7,291 1 1

Xavier Scott CB SR · 6'0" 180 #319 ▼ 293 6,958 1 59

Jake Renfro IOL SR · 6'2" 310 #319 ▼ 285 5,881 1 7

Matthew Bailey S SR · 6'2" 190 #319 ▼ 293 5,832 1 11

Brayden Trimble WR FR · 6'0" 170 #319 — 5,191 1 37

Caden Considine S FR · 6'0" 205 #319 — 3,061 1 89

Tanner Hollinger TE SO · 6'5" 220 #319 — 3,020 1 4

Daniel Brown EDGE SR · 6'1" 240 #319 ▲ 159 2,577 1 62

Casey Thomann OT FR · 6'7" 300 #319 — 2,527 1 45

Robert Edmonson Jr. LB JR · 6'3" 222 #319 — 2,400 1 16

Tanner Heckel S SO · 5'11" 175 #319 — 2,305 1 9

Alex Perry WR SR · 6'6" 200 #319 ▲ 159 2,063 1 — Nasir Rankin PG 5'11.5" 167 — 51K 0 2

Carson Boyd QB FR · 5'10.5" 180 — 12K 0 7

Michael Clayton QB FR · 6'3.5" 200 — 9,722 0 32

Tywan Cox S FR · 5'9.5" 165 — 8,453 0 19

Jacob Eberhart S FR · 6'2" 210 — 8,396 0 6

Juice Clarke CB JR · 6'1" 166 — 8,000 0 14

Andre Lovett CB FR · 6'1.5" 160 — 7,758 0 20

John Forster RB FR · 5'10" 185 — 7,364 0 52

Micah Smith IOL FR · 6'5.5" 320 — 7,146 0 83

Eddie Kasper WR SR · 5'10" 160 — 7,048 0 8

Cam Thomas LB FR · 6'0" 200 — 6,843 0 30

Tony Williams LB FR · 5'10.5" 215 — 6,339 0 21

Aidan Laughery RB SR · 5'11" 183 — 5,369 0 33

Grant Beerman LB FR · 6'3.5" 210 — 5,221 0 0

Kenyon Alston WR FR · 6'2" 172 — 5,201 0 38

Jack Paris LB FR · 6'3" 210 — 4,924 0 24

Javari Barnett RB FR · 6'0" 215 — 4,772 0 23

Jordan Anderson TE SR · 6'3" 240 — 4,737 0 55

TJ McMillen IOL JR · 6'4" 235 — 4,615 0 5

Jakwon Morris CB SO · 6'1" 175 — 4,494 0 78

Eddie Tuerk DL SO · 6'3.5" 260 — 4,435 0 99

King Liggins DL FR · 6'3" 255 — 4,323 0 2

RJ Jones CB FR · 6'1" 165 — 4,285 0 17

Collin Dixon WR JR · 6'1" 200 — 4,260 0 10

Ty Robinson WR SR · 6'4" 190 — 4,187 0 52

Pat Farrell LB JR · 6'5" 220 — 4,053 0 53

Kai Pritchard IOL FR · 6'4.5" 280 — 4,037 0 25

Nelsyn Wheeler RB FR · 5'9" 200 — 3,980 0 75

Brandon Henderson IOL JR · 6'4.5" 305 — 3,904 0 37

Ethan Moczulski K SR · 5'11" 180 — 3,902 0 3

Nick Hankins Jr. CB FR · 6'0" 195 — 3,902 0 27

Lucas Osada K SO · 6'1" 190 — 3,760 0 16

Logan Farrell TE FR · 6'3" 235 — 3,750 0 27 Corey Rashad RB JR — 3,748 0 11

Jacob Alexander EDGE FR · 6'4" 226 — 3,746 0 23

Jaylen Stewart EDGE FR · 6'3" 230 — 3,706 0 15

Jershaun Newton QB FR · 6'0" 205 — 3,666 0 74

Zafir Stewart IOL SO · 6'4" 345 — 3,631 0 25

Desmond Straughton S FR · 5'11" 180 — 3,577 0 15

Kingston Shaw EDGE FR · 6'3" 235 — 3,543 0 21

Ben Clawson S SR · 6'0" 190 — 3,520 0 18

Mason Muragin EDGE JR · 6'4" 235 — 3,374 0 22

Deuce Fillmore CB JR · 5'11" 185 — 3,290 0 31

Murphy Clement RB SO · 5'11" 175 — 3,229 0 76

Dylan Frechette OT FR · 6'5" 340 — 3,199 0 20

Almirian Thomas CB FR · 6'1" 165 — 3,190 0 91

Cameron Brooks DL FR · 6'3" 240 — 3,165 0 43

Joe Barna DL SO · 6'4" 245 — 3,061 0 22

Cedric Wyche RB FR · 5'10" 195 — 2,957 0 86

Christian Abney TE JR · 6'4" 205 — 2,948 0 44 Patrick Mahoney III LS JR — 2,826 0 0

Mac Resetich S JR · 6'1" 210 — 2,782 0 81

Leslie Mosley Jr. WR FR · 5'10" 155 — 2,766 0 9

Lavon Williams CB SR · 5'11" 195 — 2,651 0 85

Will Vala TE FR · 6'3" 225 — 2,641 0 54

Griffin Rousseau OT FR · 6'6" 280 — 2,618 0 54

Demetrius John DL SO · 6'3.5" 255 — 2,571 0 55

Tony Balanganayi DL FR · 6'4" 260 — 2,563 0 — Dane Eisenmenger QB FR — 2,556 0 66

Brandon Hansen OT SO · 6'6" 290 — 2,513 0 51

Parker Crim EDGE FR · 6'2.5" 240 — 2,492 0 —

James Finley S FR · 6'0.5" 183 — 2,415 0 12

Isaiah Williams S FR · 6'1" 180 — 2,356 0 35

Kaedyn Cobbs S FR · 6'1" 190 — 2,318 0 14

Maurice Smith TE SR · 6'3" 220 — 2,306 0 58

Landen Von Seggern IOL FR · 6'3" 290 — 2,288 0 94

Connor Sullivan DL FR · 6'4" 260 — 2,211 0 28

Kayden Bennett EDGE FR · 6'1" 245 — 2,196 0 90

Carter Janki DL SR · 6'5" 290 — 2,167 0 79

TJ Taylor OT SO · 6'6" 300 — 2,159 0 81 Lars Rau P SO — 2,149 0 17

Isaiah Thomison DL JR · 6'3" 230 — 2,094 0 95

Isaiah White DL FR · 6'3" 320 — 2,086 0 5

Ca'lil Valentine RB SO · 5'11" 175 — 2,062 0 49

Zach Haber LS JR · 5'10" 226 — 2,029 0 70

Maika Matelau IOL SR · 6'4" 341 — 2,010 0 57 Zach Barrett OL SO — 1,947 0 96

Darrell Prater DL SR · 6'3" 300 — 1,875 0 13

Xanai Scott S FR · 6'0" 170 — 1,865 0 8

Davon Grant WR FR · 6'3" 210 — 1,822 0 71

Nathan Knapik OT SO · 6'7" 260 — 1,795 0 — BJ Thurman TE SO — 1,752 0 88

Davin Stoffel TE JR · 6'6" 250 — 1,624 0 84

Grant Smith TE FR · 6'5" 225 — 1,619 0 82

Jacob Harvey WR FR · 6'2" 190 — 1,602 0 28

Karson Kaiser WR SR · 6'3" 210 — 1,584 0 68

Michael McDonough IOL FR · 6'3" 270 — 1,526 0 34

Erik Gayle EDGE FR · 6'3" 215 — 1,308 0 51

Alfred Washington OT SO · 6'5" 295 — 1,058 0 24

William Holmes EDGE JR · 6'4" 240 — 751 0 — Joshua Davis DL SO — 717 0 72

Christian Martin OT JR · 6'5" 265 — 573 0 48 Carter Smith LB SO — 557 0 56

JJ Hirdes OT FR · 6'5" 275 — 551 0 56 Guillermo Gallardo DL SR — 364 0 18

Jack Gray P FR · 6'0" 180 — — 0

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