2025 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

2025 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bret Bielema (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Barry Lunney Jr. (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Aaron Henry (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Terrance Jamison (3rd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

2025 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Illinois		0	–	0					0	–	0
Indiana		0	–	0					0	–	0
Iowa		0	–	0					0	–	0
Maryland		0	–	0					0	–	0
Michigan		0	–	0					0	–	0
Michigan State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Minnesota		0	–	0					0	–	0
Nebraska		0	–	0					0	–	0
Northwestern		0	–	0					0	–	0
Ohio State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Oregon		0	–	0					0	–	0
Penn State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Purdue		0	–	0					0	–	0
Rutgers		0	–	0					0	–	0
UCLA		0	–	0					0	–	0
USC		0	–	0					0	–	0
Washington		0	–	0					0	–	0
Wisconsin		0	–	0					0	–	0
Championship: December 6, 2025
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant As of December 23, 2024 Rankings from CFP Rankings

The 2025 Illinois Fighting Illini football team will represent the University of Illinois as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Fighting Illini are led by Bret Bielema in his fifth season as the team's head coach. They play home games at Memorial Stadium located in Champaign, Illinois.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
August 30	Western Illinois*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL
Septemeber 6	at Duke*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC
Septemeber 13	Western Michigan*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL
Septemeber 20	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)
September 27	USC	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL
October 4	at Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)
October 11	Ohio State	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Battle for Illibuck)
October 25	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA
November 1	Rutgers	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL
November 15	Maryland	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL
November 22	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI
November 29	Northwestern	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)
*Non-conference game