Illinois St Redbirds FCS College Football Ratings & Rankings

College Football

Illinois St

Redbirds

Superior

A- Overall Grade 92

The Favorite

Balanced Beast

Juggernaut

Brutal Schedule

4-2 Record

66.7% Win %

#24 FCS Rank#158 nat'l

38.2 Pts / Game

L 2 Streak

Next Up:
at Southern Illinois, Sat Oct 17

Performance Rankings: FCS (National)

Illinois St Redbirds has been rated by Versus for 20 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2026-27.

Winning season .500 season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	4-7	36.4%	—
2008-09	3-8	27.3%	—
2009-10	6-5	54.5%	—
2010-11	6-5	54.5%	#26
2011-12	7-4	63.6%	#17
2012-13	9-4	69.2%	#9
2013-14	5-6	45.5%	#31
2014-15	13-2	86.7%	#2
2015-16	10-3	76.9%	#3
2016-17	6-6	50.0%	#17
2017-18	6-5	54.5%	#27
2018-19	6-5	54.5%	#27
2019-20	10-5	66.7%	#9
2020-21	1-3	25.0%	#53
2021-22	4-7	36.4%	#47
2022-23	6-5	54.5%	#31
2023-24	6-5	54.5%	#44
2024-25	10-4	71.4%	#9
2025-26	12-5	70.6%	#4
2026-27	4-2	66.7%	#24

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
54	South Dakota St	5	1	6
81	Youngstown St	5	2	21
98	South Dakota	5	2	29
114	Northern Iowa	3	2	69
121	North Dakota	5	2	36
158	Illinois St	4	2	24
232	Southern Illinois	3	4	3
259	Indiana St	2	5	79
414	Murray St	1	5	74

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Aug 29	vs St Francis IL (1-5) (NAIA) Mid-States · NAIA	W76-0
Sat Sep 5	at Western Illinois (3-3) OVC	W41-10
Sat Sep 12	at Northern Illinois (0-5) (FBS) Mountain West · FBS	W28-24
Sat Sep 19	vs Eastern Illinois (2-4) OVC	W49-13
Sat Sep 26	at #12 Northern Iowa (3-2) (#114 nationally) Missouri Valley	L21-28
Sat Oct 3	vs #1 South Dakota St (5-1) (#54 nationally) Missouri Valley	L14-31