Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2 | 6:00 PM | Eastern Illinois* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | ESPN+ | W 42–17 | 45,444 | ||
| September 9 | 11:00 AM | at Rutgers* | Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ | ESPN2 | L 0–33 | 41,036 | ||
| September 16 | 11:00 AM | Syracuse* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | ESPN+ | L 21–31 | 40,657 | ||
| September 23 | 11:00 AM | #14 Iowa | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | ESPN+ | L 7–24 | 43,066 | ||
| September 30 | 11:00 AM | at Michigan State | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | ESPN+ | W 23–20 | 71,268 | ||
| October 7 | 11:00 AM | Indiana | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | ESPN+ | L 32–34 | 43,006 | ||
| October 14 | 11:00 AM | Ohio* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | ESPN+ | L 17–20 | 34,328 | ||
| October 21 | 11:00 AM | at Penn State | Beaver Stadium • State College, PA | ESPN2 | L 12–26 | 108,112 | ||
| October 28 | 11:00 AM | at #18 Wisconsin | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | ESPN2 | L 24–30 | 81,300 | ||
| November 4 | 2:30 PM | #1 Ohio State | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | ESPN2 | L 10–17 | 53,351 | ||
| November 11 | 11:00 AM | Purdue | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | ESPN+ | L 31–42 | 44,266 | ||
| November 18 | 11:00 AM | at Northwestern | Ryan Field • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) | ESPN+ | L 16–27 | 22,242 | ||
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