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NCAA Division I softball · Champaign, Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Fighting Illini · Big Ten
D1
Level
Big Ten
Conf.
1
Near campus

The program

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (the Fighting Illini) fields an NCAA Division I softball team in Champaign, Illinois. The program competes in the Big Ten.

NCAA Division I is the highest level of NCAA competition, with the largest budgets and the longest schedules.

Level
NCAA Division I
Conference
Big Ten
Nickname
Fighting Illini
Sport
Softball (women's fast-pitch)
Location
Champaign, Illinois

On the map

Places to train near University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

CageList lists 1 place to train within 40 miles of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus: 0 bookable backyard cages and 1 baseball and softball academy. The closest is D-BAT Champaign in Champaign, about 3 miles away.

The Big Ten

Big Ten has 16 other programs in this directory at the same level, including Indiana University-Bloomington, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, and Ohio State University. Recruits usually compare the schools in one conference side by side, because they share a schedule and a travel footprint.

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School, level and location facts come from the U.S. Department of Education (the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act 2024-25 filings and the IPEDS institution directory). Nicknames and conferences are compiled from public lists and left blank when we could not match them with confidence. Sources: EADA athletics data, IPEDS institution directory. Spot a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.