As Week 1 of the college football season rolls on, a couple of teams from the same state meet up for a meeting at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Ill. where the No. 12 Illinois Fighting Illini take on the Western Illinois Leathernecks .
The game is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. EDT and will be broadcast on Peacock . Fans looking to watch this college football game can do so by using Peacock , which has plans starting at $7.99 a month and has exclusive access to certain Big Ten games.
Illinois went 10-3 last season and finishing the year at No. 16 in the final AP poll. Quarterback Luke Altmyer completed 60.8% of his passes for 2,717 yards and 22 touchdowns with only six interceptions, while also rushing for 217 yards and four scores. However, he is without his top two receivers and