| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Team: | Illinois Fighting Illini |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Division: | West Division |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Record: | 2–10 |
| Conf Record: | 0–9 |
| Head Coach: | Lovie Smith |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Off Coach: | Garrick McGee |
| Oc Year: | 2nd |
| Def Coach: | Hardy Nickerson |
| Dc Year: | 2nd |
| Off Scheme: | Multiple |
| Def Scheme: | 4–3 |
| Stadium: | Memorial Stadium |
The 2017 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Fighting Illini played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois, and competed in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by second-year head coach Lovie Smith. They finished the season 2–10, 0–9 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the West Division.
| Back | B | Center | C | Cornerback | CB | Defensive back | DB | |||
| Defensive end | DE | Defensive lineman | DL | Defensive tackle | DT | End | E | |||
| Fullback | FB | Guard | G | Halfback | HB | Kicker | K | |||
| Kickoff returner | KR | Offensive tackle | OT | Offensive lineman | OL | Linebacker | LB | |||
| Long snapper | LS | Punter | P | Punt returner | PR | Quarterback | QB | |||
| Running back | RB | Safety | S | Tight end | TE | Wide receiver | WR |
The Fighting Illini signed a total of 25 recruits.
Illinois announced its 2017 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2017 schedule consisted of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Fighting Illini hosted Big Ten foes Indiana, Nebraska, Northwestern, Rutgers, Wisconsin, and traveled to Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio State, and Purdue.[1]
The Fighting Illini hosted two of the three non-conference opponents, Ball State from the Mid-American Conference and Western Kentucky (WKU) from Conference USA, and traveled to South Florida from the American Athletic Conference.
Schedule Source:[2]
See also: 2017 Ball State Cardinals football team.
See also: 2017 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team.
See also: 2017 South Florida Bulls football team.
See also: 2017 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.
See also: 2017 Iowa Hawkeyes football team.
See also: 2017 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team.
See also: 2017 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team.
See also: 2017 Wisconsin Badgers football team.
See also: 2017 Purdue Boilermakers football team and Illinois–Purdue football rivalry.
See also: 2017 Indiana Hoosiers football team.
See also: 2017 Ohio State Buckeyes football team and Illibuck Trophy.
See also: 2017 Northwestern Wildcats football team and Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry.