After a period of rising optimism, the Scarlet Knights' defense is on pace to return the program to "square one"

The Illinois Fighting Illini host the Rutgers Scarlet Knights looking to claw their way back into the Top 25 with a win in Week 10 of the 2025 college football season.

Piscataway, New Jersey; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Rutgers plays Quinnipiac. Rutgers went 13-20 overall with a 12-9 record at home during the 2024-25 season. The Scarlet Knights averaged 67.8 points per game while shooting 40.

Rutgers football will host No. 8 Oregon on Homecoming Weekend hoping to pull off an upset over the Ducks and snap a three-game losing streak.

The 2025 NFL season is officially halfway done, with nine weeks of action in the books. Playoff contenders and rebuilding teams are starting to fully form, and the trade deadline has come and gone. Here is how every former Rutgers standout performed in Week Nine of NFL action.

Oregon running back Jayden Limar is listed as OUT on Oregon football's availability report vs. Rutgers and will miss his first game of the season. Ducks defensive back Daylen Austin is also listed as QUESTIONABLE heading into the game, while the rest of the availability report remains mostly unchanged.

PISCATAWAY – Rutgers football has a major opportunity ahead of it. The Scarlet Knights badly need a victory after dropping four straight games, the latest a stinging blowout loss at the hands of the Oregon. Their chances of earning a third-consecutive ...

It is their first meeting since last November’s thriller in which the Fighting Illini scored the game-winning touchdown in the final minute after an ill-timed timeout from Rutgers coach Greg Schiano. Can Rutgers avenge the loss against an Illinois team that is falling well short of preseason expectations?