Clear your schedules, everyone. Duke and Illinois are getting together for a home-and-home.
The Illini will head to Wallace Wade Stadium first on Sept. 6, 2025, and the Blue Devils will return the favor on Sept. 12, 2026.Future schedule update: #Illini announce home/home series with @Duke_FB. Future Schedules > http://t.co/pYsFhwbn6W pic.twitter.com/sM1GQnYb0q
— Illini Football (@IlliniFootball) June 5, 2015
The schools have met twice previously. Duke won the initial meeting in a 15-13 decision in 1958, and Illinois struck back with a 28-14 win in 1965.
Now it’s time to take bets on which coach is more likely to be at his current post a decade from now - David Cutcliffe or Tim Beckman.