2025 Football Schedule
Overall9-40.692
Conference5-40.556
StreakW2
Home6-1
Away2-3
Neutral1-0
| Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location | Tournament | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 (Fri) | 6:30 PM CT | Home | Western Illinois | Champaign, Ill. (Gies Memorial Stadium) | W 52-3 | |
| Sep 6 (Sat) | 11 AM CT | Away | Duke | Durham, N.C. | W 45-19 | |
| Sep 13 (Sat) | 6 PM CT | Home | Western Michigan | Champaign, Ill. (Gies Memorial Stadium) | W 38-0 | |
| Sep 20 (Sat) | 6:30 PM CT | Away | #19/17 Indiana | Bloomington, Ind. | L 10-63 | |
| Sep 27 (Sat) | 11 AM CT | Home | #21/22 USC | Champaign, Ill. (Gies Memorial Stadium) | W 34-32 | |
| Oct 4 (Sat) | 11 AM CT | Away | Purdue | West Lafayette, Ind. | W 43-27 | |
| Oct 11 (Sat) | 11 AM CT | Home | #1/1 Ohio State | Champaign, Ill. (Gies Memorial Stadium) | L 16-34 | |
| Oct 25 (Sat) | 2:30 PM CT | Away | Washington | Seattle, Wash. | L 25-42 | |
| Nov 1 (Sat) | 11 AM CT | Home | Rutgers | Champaign, Ill. (Gies Memorial Stadium) | W 35-13 | |
| Nov 15 (Sat) | 2:30 PM CT | Home | Maryland | Champaign, Ill. (Gies Memorial Stadium) | W 24-6 | |
| Nov 22 (Sat) | 6:30 PM CT | Away | Wisconsin | Madison, Wis. | L 10-27 | |
| Nov 29 (Sat) | 6:30 PM CT | Home | Northwestern | Champaign, Ill. (Gies Memorial Stadium) | W 20-13 | |
| Dec 30 (Tue) | 4:30 PM CT | Neutral | #-/23 Tennessee | Nashville, Tenn. (Nissan Stadium) | Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl | W 30-28 |