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Week 8 Opponent Scouting Report: Illinois

As the 2021 college football season plays out, I am starting to wonder if the apocalypse is upon us. In what is truly developing as one of the most wacky college football seasons in years, the Scarlet Knights travel to Champaign this Saturday to face the Fighting Illini who upset then seventh ranked Penn State in nine overtimes. To date, top 25 ranked teams have lost 47 times through the first seven weeks of the season, not to mention that ten FCS teams have beat FBS teams, tied for the most since 2013. The season has featured the first unranked opponent to beat No.