The dream is still alive in Champaign.

No. 21 Illinois football rallied in the final two minutes to stun No. 23 USC with a walk-off field goal to keep its College Football Playoff dreams intact.

Here's what we make of the Illini's 34-32 win against USC.

What we know:

Illinois came into Saturday's top-25 game against USC healing its wounds from last week's 63-10 loss to Indiana in Bloomington, where the Hoosiers did whatever they pleased with the Illini.

In the fourth quarter, Illinois led USC 31-17 thanks to do-it-all receiver Hank Beatty. He threw a touchdown to quarterback Luke Altmeyer, giving Beatty a rushing, receiving, passing and punt return touchdown on the season.

Illinois was on the cusp of icing its win when it rushed down to the USC red zone. The Trojans got the ball back

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