On October 19, the Illinois Fighting Illini will meet Michigan — a highlight of their college football schedule in 2024. The full slate is listed below.

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2024 Illinois Game and TV Schedule

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Illinois 2024 Strength of Schedule

• Using their opponents’ combined win total last year, the Fighting Illini will be playing the 36th-ranked schedule in terms of toughness.
• Illinois is playing the 28th-ranked schedule this season (based on its opponents’ projected win total this year).
• The Fighting Illini will face the 22nd-hardest conference schedule in college football, based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year (64).
• Illinois has six games scheduled against teams that finished with winning records in 2023, including three teams that had nine or more wins and zero with less than four wins last season.
• The Fighting Illini will have seven teams who made a 2023 bowl game on their schedule in 2024.

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Illinois Stat Insights (2023)

• From an offensive standpoint, the Fighting Illini ranked 63rd in FBS with 391 yards per game last season. Meanwhile, they ranked 64th in total defense (377.3 yards allowed per contest).
• Despite having a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked 38th-worst in FBS last season (29.4 points allowed per game), Illinois had more success offensively, ranking 83rd in FBS by totaling 24.5 points per game.
• The Fighting Illini averaged 264.6 passing yards per game on offense last season (36th in FBS), and they ranked 71st defensively with 228.1 passing yards allowed per game.
• Illinois totaled 126.4 rushing yards per game on offense last season (98th in FBS), and it surrendered 149.2 rushing yards per game (63rd) on defense.
• 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 percentage (36%) on offense.
• Illinois forced 14 total turnovers (105th in FBS) last season and turned it over 22 times (112th in FBS) for a turnover margin of -8, the 12th-worst in college football.

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