The Illinois-UCLA series is tied 6-6. No. 8 UCLA won 17-15 at Oregon on Oct. 10, and Illinois beat Oregon 21-10 in Champaign two weeks later. This is the first meeting between the schools since Illinois won 20-14 in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl in San Francisco on Dec. 31, 2011. Watch Illinois Fighting Illini vs UCLA Bruins live on FOX or stream the game on FOX One from Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, CA on Friday, Nov. 13, 2026 at 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT during CFB Week 11 of the 2026 college football season.

Illinois vs UCLA Live

Illinois vs UCLA opens Week 11 on Friday night on FOX, with a 6:00 p.m. PT kickoff in Pasadena.

FOX College Football Schedule 2026 - Week 11

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Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule

Upcoming matches first, then completed matches for this team.


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UCLA Bruins Schedule

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Friday, Nov 13, 2026


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Saturday, Nov 7, 2026

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The series is tied 6-6. Illinois won the first meeting 45-14 in the Rose Bowl game on Jan. 1, 1947, and took the next two games in 1950 and 1951.

Four of the 12 meetings were bowl games. UCLA won the Rose Bowl game 45-9 on Jan. 2, 1984, and the John Hancock Bowl 6-3 in El Paso in 1991. Illinois evened the series with its 20-14 win in the 2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl.