With a 45-19 win over Duke in Week 2, Illinois finds itself at No. 9 in the updated AP college football rankings. Head coach Bret Bielema understandably gives quarterback Luke Altmyer the majority of the credit for the Fighting Illini's success.

Despite Illinois' success, Bielema feels that Altmyer is not getting the credit he deserves as one of the best quarterbacks in college football. The veteran head coach called his signal-caller “as good as any quarterback” in the country, including the NFL.

“He is very diligent with his preparation,” Bielema said on Sirius XM radio. “Every defense we go against, you think they know the play call and what they're doing, but I would say I think Luke's probably got the teams that we compete against down as good as anybody that I've been around… H

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