There aren’t too many teams the Illini have never faced.
The Florida Atlantic Owls just happen to be one of them.
Saturday in Champaign will be the first time these two programs ever square off against each other.
Historically, these are two very different football teams.
Their first seasons as programs were a little more than 110 years apart. Despite that, FAU has already played in over a fourth the amount of bowl games that the Illini have.
However, Illinois has the upper hand in claimed national titles which is what really matters (5 to 0).