Penn vs Illinois tips at 8:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. PT on Thursday, November 5, 2026 at State Farm Center in Champaign, IL. Watch on FS1 or stream on FOX One.
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The Quakers open their season at Illinois at 8:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. PT on Thursday, November 5, 2026. Illinois won the last meeting 105-70 in the 2026 NCAA Tournament. FS1 has the game, and FOX One streams it.
Illinois, ranked No. 3, hosts Penn at 8:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. PT on Thursday, November 5, 2026. The game airs on FS1 and streams on FOX One.
Illinois vs Penn is on FS1. FOX One also streams it live, and you can try it free for 3 days.
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FS1 has Penn vs Illinois at 8:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. PT on Thursday, November 5, 2026. It streams live on FOX One.
Penn opens its season at Illinois, ranked No. 3, about eight months after Illinois knocked Penn out of the NCAA Tournament. Illinois has never lost to Penn. Watch Penn vs Illinois live on FS1 or stream on FOX One from State Farm Center in Champaign, IL on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026 at 8:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. PT in the 2026-27 men's college basketball season.
Penn vs Illinois Live
Penn vs Illinois is an 8:30 p.m. ET tip-off on FS1. The game details below cover how to watch it.
- When: Thursday, November 5, 2026
- Time: 8:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. PT
- Where: State Farm Center, Champaign, IL
- TV Channel: FS1
- Live Stream: FOX One
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Illinois is 7-0 against Penn. The first game was a 70-44 Illinois win in Philadelphia on Dec. 20, 1947, and Illinois won the next two in Champaign in 1948 and 1950.
Two meetings came in the NCAA Tournament, a 68-58 Illinois win in Winston-Salem, NC in 2000 and a 105-70 Illinois win in Greenville, SC on March 19, 2026. The closest game in the series was 78-71 in Las Vegas in 2001.