Illinois St Redbirds FCS College Football Ratings & Rankings

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Illinois St

Redbirds

Superior

A+ Overall Grade 98

Final Boss

Balanced Beast

Juggernaut

Consistency King

Next Up:
vs St Francis IL, Sat Aug 29

Preseason Performance Rankings: FCS (National)

Illinois St Redbirds has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2025-26.

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

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
45	North Dakota St	12	1
65	Illinois St	12	5	1
87	South Dakota	10	5
96	South Dakota St	9	5
123	North Dakota	8	6
135	Youngstown St	8	5
151	Southern Illinois	7	5	1
256	Indiana St	3	9
297	Northern Iowa	3	9	1
407	Murray St	1	11

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Aug 30	at Oklahoma (10-3) (FBS) SEC · FBS	L3-35
Sat Sep 6	vs Morehead St (6-6) Pioneer	W41-13
Sat Sep 13	at Eastern Illinois (3-9) OVC-Big South	W42-30
Sat Sep 20	vs North Alabama (2-10) UAC	W38-36
Sat Oct 4	vs #2 North Dakota St (12-1) (#45 nationally) Missouri Valley	L16-33
Sat Oct 11	at Murray St (1-11) Missouri Valley	W46-32
Sat Oct 18	vs #18 Youngstown St (8-5) (#135 nationally) Missouri Valley	L35-40
Sat Oct 25	at #9 South Dakota (10-5) (#87 nationally) Missouri Valley	W21-13
Sat Nov 1	vs Northern Iowa (3-9) Missouri Valley	W31-16
Sat Nov 8	at Indiana St (3-9) Missouri Valley	W52-20
Sat Nov 15	at #11 South Dakota St (9-5) (#96 nationally) Missouri Valley	W35-21
Sat Nov 22	vs #24 Southern Illinois (7-5) (#151 nationally) Missouri Valley	L7-37
Sat Nov 29	at SE Louisiana (9-4) Southland	W21-3
Sat Dec 6	at #2 North Dakota St (12-1) (#45 nationally) Missouri Valley	W29-28
Sat Dec 13	at #8 UC-Davis (9-4) (#85 nationally) Big Sky	W42-31
Sat Dec 20	at #6 Villanova (12-3) (#79 nationally) CAA	W30-14
Mon Jan 5	#1 Montana St (14-2) (#22 nationally) Big Sky	L34-35

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	125	0	0
1	Sep 2	133	0	1	8
2	Sep 7	106	1	1	27
3	Sep 14	99	2	1	7
4	Sep 21	89	3	1	10
5	Sep 28	93	3	1	4
6	Oct 5	113	3	2	20
7	Oct 12	149	4	2	36
8	Oct 19	192	4	3	43
9	Oct 26	136	5	3	56
10	Nov 2	124	6	3	12
11	Nov 9	104	7	3	20
12	Nov 16	86	8	3	18
13	Nov 23	119	8	4	33
14	Nov 30	101	9	4	18
15	Dec 7	82	10	4	19
16	Dec 14	68	11	4	14
17	Dec 21	58	12	4	10
18	Dec 28	58	12	4
19	Jan 4	58	12	4
20	Jan 10	64	12	5	6
21	Jan 20	65	12	5	1