Bill Jauss

Illinois State tries Saturday to win its fifth straight game and achieve the school's longest regular-season winning streak since the 1967 team won six in a row. It won't be...

Only Elmhurst College this Saturday and Illinois Wesleyan next week stand between Millikin University and an unbeaten regular season and a berth in the NCAA Division III playoffs. Millikin is...

Scoreboards in Normal and Carbondale could ring up numbers like pinball machines Saturday when Western Illinois (8-1, 4-0) plays at Illinois State (4-4, 2-2) and Indiana State (0-5, 0-9) plays...

Trivia question: Which college football team from Chicago will win its conference championship Saturday if it beats its traditional rival at home? Hint: This team, led by its All-American linebacker,...

Eastern Illinois was 1-6 at this time last season. Now it's 6-1 and can take the lead in the Ohio Valley Conference if it beats Western Kentucky on Saturday. Western...

Playing two sports is difficult for a college athlete. Playing two in the same season is highly unusual. But Rockford College junior Kyle Traux not only has played soccer and...

Last Saturday turned into a football bonanza for the five Illinois schools that play in the Mid-American, Ohio Valley or Gateway Conferences. All four "directional" schools--Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western...

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin long has been a showcase for the high level of football players developed in Chicago-area high schools. North Central College's new stadium in...

Last year's record: 10-18, 7-9 in Mid-Continent Conference. Key returnees: C Darrell Johns, sr.; F Tony Jones, sr.; G Terrence West, jr. Key newcomers: G Danny Osby, jr.; F Raheem...

To understand how much Northern Illinois has improved in the last year, one can examine recent records of Mid-American Conference teams. Marshall, the MAC and Motor City Bowl champion with...