The Illinois football team will look to make Memorial Stadium history this season by hosting its first-ever College Football Playoff game.
Especially at the start of the college season, the Illini are very much in charge of their own destiny.
Without question, Illinois will need to limit themselves to one or two losses at the most. Given last year's playoff bracket, with three of the four hosting teams having two losses prior to the playoffs, this should securely see them hosting.
Although their schedule features tough games against Indiana, USC, and Ohio State, the rest of it is very manageable.