The Illini have the seventh-toughest schedule in the Big Ten in 2015. Will that do them any favors as they try to make it to a bowl game for the second consecutive season?
I am usually not one to toot my own horn, but I'll allow myself an exception in this case. Last year, I wrote a similar segment to the one you're about to read where I predicted the football team's record, and I must say, I nailed it. I called for a 6-6 season with a tough loss in the bowl game. So it would only make sense for me to predict an undefeated run to the College Football Playoff for this season, right?