The Big Ten.
Yes, with an asterisk. Eastern Illinois belongs to the Ohio Valley Conference which is a Division 1 conference. However, the OVC is Division 1-AA for football.
Mid-American Conference (MAC)
That would be the Southeastern Conference.
The Big Sky Conference. It should be noted that they play in Division 1 FCS.
Yes, he played for Eastern Illinois university and the University of Illinois.
NO
Yes, they play in the Southeastern Conference.
Longwood is not in a conferance they are independent.
They play in the SEC for all sports.
Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference was created in 1994.
Reagan played at Eureka ( Illinois) College in the Little 19 Conference.
it would depend on what you mean by "major". There are several big universities in the state of Illinois with great academic programs. The most well known state universities are: University of Illinois, Northern Illinois, Southern Illinois, Eastern Illinois, Western Illinois, and Illinois State. You then have private universities such as DePaul, Northwestern, Bradley, and many others. To say which ones are "major" is a difficult task. If you use athletic conference affiliation: 1. Illinois - Big Ten 2. Northwestern - Big Ten 3. DePaul - Big East those would be the three BCS Conference university in Illinois