Illini Football 2026

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Bbuck21
Illini2010-11 said:
I just received an email from my rep this morning: See below regarding reseating...looks like you renew current seats first. Given the concerns you mentioned here for reseating, I can't see why they won't accommodate for you.

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Thanks for this info. IF I had received an email/message like this I wouldn't have bothered asking, but .... I'll figure it out.
 
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the juiceman cometh
IlliniShelt said:
I relish the thought of playing northwestern twice. 2 hats on the line!
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Let's just go with one really big hat.

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ChiefGritty
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Dan
2026 Illini Football

Sat, Sept 5____UAB
Sat, Sept 12___Duke
Sat, Sept 19___Southern Illinois
Sat, Sept 26___at Ohio State
Sat, Oct 3_____Purdue (Homecoming)
Sat, Oct 10____at Michigan State
Sat, Oct 17____---bye---
Sat, Oct 24____Oregon
Sat, Oct 31____at Maryland
Sat, Nov 7_____Nebraska
Sat, Nov 14____at UCLA
Sat, Nov 21____Iowa
Sat, Nov 28____at Northwestern
 
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Witherspoon_illini
Fighter of the Nightman said:
I see your point, but we couldn't reasonably ask for a better road slate, IMO.

Ohio State - This is a "count-as-a-loss" game where you play with house money and go for a 2007-esque shocker. You should expect to have at least one road game per year like this, so no biggie!
Michigan State - This one could be tough if Fitz has them up and running and their fan base is re-engaged. However, I will take it over trips to Oregon, PSU, Michigan, Washington, Nebraska, etc. which we have had in recent years.
Maryland - We won there with a far worse team vs. a better Maryland team, and it's one of the least intimidating atmospheres in the conference year in and year out.
UCLA - Not sure how good the Bruins are and it's always hard traveling out West, but the Rose Bowl has literally been a neutral site game during every single one of UCLA's home Big Ten games so far, and I am sure the West Coast Illini Nation will show up in big numbers for a chance to watch the boys play in the Rose Bowl!
Northwestern - Unless we have TOTALLY tanked by this point in the season, I confidently predict that Northwestern's shiny new stadium will be flooded with orange-clad fans who are curious to check it out ... this one is never a true "road" game as far as home field advantage or crowd factors go!

Then, as you said, we get Duke at home and some of our other bigger tests (e.g., Iowa and Oregon) at home, as well. I think it's very reasonable to steal two of the Maryland/UCLA/Northwestern road games, so that gets us to 5 total wins if we assume we can take care of UAB, SIU and Purdue at home ... and yes, I think it's hilarious to include Purdue in that category, but here we are! I also think it could be reasonable to expect these guys to defend our home field enough to get two wins out of the Duke/Iowa/Nebraska home games, so that gets us to 7 wins.

There seem to be a lot more potential "toss-up" games next year, but if you go by the ones I laid out above, our quest to 8+ wins again will rely on (A) stealing one more road win out of Maryland/UCLA/Northwestern/MSU and/or (B) taking down one more opponent at home out of Iowa/Nebraska/Duke/Oregon. Either way, I think it's an exciting schedule! Praying that the Iowa home game is in an earlier month with good weather so I can go with my friends!
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I believe UCLA is moving to Sofi Stadium next year
 
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