To put it bluntly, Illinois had a much better road schedule in 2018 than it does looking ahead to this coming season. Some of those trips in 2018 were either to new places (Maryland) or to places that historically put on a great game day atmosphere (Wisconsin, Nebraska). This season’s a bit different.
Let’s rank ‘em.
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Rentschler Field is relatively new, and newer than just about any stadium the Illini play in (except for this beauty, more on that later).