The Illini will play their final regular-season game Saturday night against Northwestern in Champaign. Both teams will be looking to enhance their bowl resumes with a win. Illinois is 7-4, 4-4 in conference. Northwestern will also be looking to upgrade its bowl status. The Wildcats are 6-5, 4-4 in conference.

The Land of Lincoln Trophy is on the line on Saturday as the Wildcats head south to Champaign in the midst of a winter storm watch. Early in the season, the outcome of this game looked like a foregone conclusion.

Everything took a turn for both the Illini and Wildcats last weekend, and that should make this even more fun. Here’s the Northwestern vs Illinois preview and prediction.

Following a two-game stretch at Wrigley Field, Northwestern will close regular-season play on Saturday, Nov. 29, at Illinois. Kickoff from

The Illini are still gunning for a quality bowl and a win in their regular-season finale and rivalry game, so we ran our weekly sim to learn more

Illinois (7-4, 4-4 Big Ten) has shown surprisingly little pushback in the four losses, which have come by a total of 105 points. That includes last week's 27-10 defeat at Wisconsin, which outrushed the Illini 209-50 and logged five sacks of quarterback Luke Altmyer.

Northwestern volleyball closed out its 2025 season with an exclamation point on Friday evening, defeating the Illinois Fighting Illini in four sets (25-22,

The regular season closes with one of the most emotionally charged rivalries in the Big Ten. That's the battle for state supremacy between the Northwestern Wild

Any of the Illini’s nearly 30 seniors could make an impact Saturday, but all eyes will be on three — linebacker Gabe Jacas, quarterback Luke Altmyer and receiver Hank Beatty — as the team takes the field.

Another battle for the Land of Lincoln trophy is upon us as Illinois celebrates Senior Night in its home finale against rival Northwestern.

JR breaks down Illinois vs Northwestern with Louie Vaccher of Wildcat Report (On3) ahead of the 2025 Land of Lincoln trophy game. Can Luke Altmyer and the Illini bounce back from Wisconsin, or will Preston Stone and a suddenly explosive Northwestern offense pull the upset in Champaign?