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Illinois bowl game projections: Updated predictions highlighted by Citrus Bowl game
The Illinois Fighting Illini football team heads to the bowl season parked No. 21 in all three major polls: the US LBM coaches poll, The Associated Press poll and the College Football Playoff rankings.
Now, where will the Illini play this college football postseason?
Coach Bret Bielema and the Illini will find out their postseason details this weekend. With the CFP now released, here is what experts now are saying about the Illini landing place in bowl season.
Will Illinois make a bowl game?
Yes. The No. 21-ranked Illini have won nine games and secured a bowl bid for the second time in three seasons under Bielema, who is now 27-22 in four seasons in Champaign.
Every expert has the Illini playing in the Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Eve against a member of the SEC.
It seems as if Alabama does not make the CFP, the Crimson Tide will be the Illini opponent. If Bama gets one of the last at-large slots, South Carolina or Ole Miss will be the likely Illinois opponent.
Here is a full list of the experts choices, some of which have not been updated since the latest CFP rankings.
- Citrus Bowl: Illinois vs. Ole Miss, Dec. 31, in Orlando, Fla. (College Football News)
- Citrus Bowl: Illinois vs. South Carolina, Dec. 31, in Orlando, Fla. (247 Sports)
- Citrus Bowl: Illinois vs. Alabama, Dec. 31, in Orlando, Fla. (Bleacher Report)
- Citrus Bowl: Illinois vs. South Carolina, Dec. 31, in Orlando, Fla. (Sports Illustrated)
- Citrus Bowl: Illinois vs. South Carolina, Dec. 31, in Orlando, Fla. (Action Network’s Brett McMurphy)
- Citrus Bowl: Illinois vs. South Carolina, Dec. 31, in Orlando, Fla. (New York Times)
- Citrus Bowl: Illinois vs. South Carolina, Dec. 31, in Orlando, Fla. (USA Today)
- Citrus Bowl: Illinois vs. Ole Miss, Dec. 31, in Orlando, Fla. (CBS Sports)
- Citrus Bowl: Illinois vs. South Carolina, Dec. 31, in Orlando, Fla. (Athlon Sports)
- Citrus Bowl: Illinois vs. South Carolina, Dec. 31, Orlando, Fla. (Sporting News)
- Citrus Bowl: Illinois vs. South Carolina, Dec. 31, in Orlando, Fla. (ESPN’s Mark Schlabach)
- Citrus Bowl: Illinois vs. Alabama, Dec. 31, in Orlando, Fla. (ESPN’s Kyle Bonagura)
- Citrus Bowl: Illinois vs. South Carolina, Dec. 31, Orlando, Fla. (College Football Network)
When is CFP bracket out?
The final College Football Playoff top 25 rankings and the CFP playoff bracket will be released on Sunday, Dec. 8, one day after conference championship games. The show airs on ESPN from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
When is bowl game schedule out?
Bowl games will be settled Sunday, Dec. 8, after the College Football Playoff committee reveals the field for the first 12-team playoff, after which bowls will begin officially announcing agreements. Bowl season begins Dec. 14.
What bowl games are in College Football Playoff?
The College Football Playoff quarterfinals and semifinals rotate annually among six bowl games:
- Cotton Bowl
- Orange Bowl
- Fiesta Bowl
- Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
- Rose Bowl
- Sugar Bowl
The College Football Playoff National Championship will be Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
When do College Football Playoff games start
The College Football Playoff first round begins on Friday, Dec. 20 and will air on ABC/ESPN at 7 p.m. The other three first-round games are Saturday, Dec. 21 on TNT Sports and ABC/ESPN. These four games are at campus sites.
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Multiple rounds of severe storms impacted central Illinois on Wednesday bringing damaging wind gusts and very heavy rain. Our area was sparred from the worst of the tornadoes, but areas south of I-72 were not so fortunate with damage to homes and injuries reported.
An outflow boundary from our morning storms struggled to get any further north than highway 136, which was about 30 miles south of what was anticipated early this morning. This kept the risk of strong tornadoes just south of our local region, though we still had plenty of rain and instances of large hail and gusty winds roll through central Illinois.
The worst of the wind came with the storms in the morning. As the severe storms moved through the area they produced measured gust of 60-70 mph with localized gusts estimated to be around 80 mph. The winds resulted in tree, powerline, and structural damage from Knox through McLean County.
Storm Reports
Galesburg – Tree and power line damage
Williamsfield – Roof partially torn off building
Princeville – Tree damage
Dunlap – 60 mph wind gust
Bellevue – 60 mph wind gust
Germantown Hills – Trees down
Roanoke – 60 mph wind gust
El Paso – Power poles snapped
El Paso – Multiple semis and campers rolled on I-39
Gidley – 70 mph wind gust
Chenoa – Semi rolled on I-55
Dunlap – 1.0″ size hail
Metamora – 1.0″ size hail
Armington – 1.0″ size hail
Rain reports
West Peoria – 4.37″
Lexington – 4.00″
West Peoria – 3.98″
Washington – 3.97″
East Peoria – 3.47″
Dunlap – 3.40″
Goodfield – 2.47″
Towanda – 2.43″
Peoria (PIA) – 2.24″
Lewistown – 2.20″
Galesburg – 1.84″
Chillicothe – 1.52″
Pontiac – 1.27″
Historic tree dating back to Abraham Lincoln damaged in Springfield
It may be the last living tree standing when Abraham Lincoln and his family lived in the Springfield neighborhood from 1844 to 1861.
More than 30,000 Illinois residents reported power outages Wednesday morning amid severe storms and destructive winds.
The National Weather Service forecast two rounds of severe weather throughout the day, issuing a tornado watch early Wednesday morning across central Illinois.
Where were power outages reported in Illinois?
More than 35,000 of the more than 5.8 million customers tracked on PowerOutage.com reported outages Wednesday, as of noon.
The majority of these outages were concentrated in west-central Illinois in Warren, Henderson and Woodford counties.
More than 93% of the customers tracked in Henderson County and nearly 60% of those in Warren County were impacted by outages.
Less widespread outages were also reported in DeKalb, Mercer, Knox, Menard, Jefferson and Gallatin counties.
Electric service company Amaren was by far the most impacted utility provider, followed Commonwealth Edison Company and Corn Belt Energy Corporation.
Illinois power outage map
Report power outages in Illinois
Illinois residents can report power outages in their area at PowerOutage.com.
Illinois power outage tracker
To track where power outages have been reported and where they have been restored, follow the USA Today power outage tracker.
Chicago weather radar
Central Illinois weather radar
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