Western Illinois Leathernecks FCS College Football Ratings & Rankings

College Football

Western Illinois

Leathernecks

Marginal

C+ Overall Grade 78

Dark Horse

Wild Card

3-4 Record

42.9% Win %

#68 FCS Rank#304 nat'l

31.6 Pts / Game

L 1 Streak

Next Up:
vs Tennessee-Martin, Sat Oct 24

Performance Rankings: FCS (National)

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

Winning 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	6-5	54.5%	—
2008-09	6-5	54.5%	—
2009-10	1-10	9.1%	—
2010-11	8-5	61.5%	#20
2011-12	2-9	18.2%	#59
2012-13	3-8	27.3%	#53
2013-14	4-8	33.3%	#62
2014-15	5-7	41.7%	#15
2015-16	7-6	53.8%	#11
2016-17	6-5	54.5%	#22
2017-18	8-4	66.7%	#13
2018-19	5-6	45.5%	#30
2019-20	1-11	8.3%	#101
2020-21	1-5	16.7%	#82
2021-22	2-9	18.2%	#61
2022-23	0-11	0.0%	#105
2023-24	0-11	0.0%	#116
2024-25	4-8	33.3%	#74
2025-26	4-8	33.3%	#85
2026-27	3-4	42.9%	#68

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
174	SE Missouri St	4	3	54
264	Tennessee-Martin	3	4	66
304	Western Illinois	3	4	42
334	Tennessee St	2	5	108
363	Charleston Southern	3	4	38
372	Lindenwood	2	4	99
390	Eastern Illinois	2	5	101
426	Gardner-Webb	2	6	46

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Thu Aug 27	vs Northwestern IA (6-2) (NAIA) Great Plains · NAIA	W65-14
Sat Sep 5	vs #25 Illinois St (5-2) (#159 nationally) Missouri Valley	L10-41
Sat Sep 12	at Wisconsin (4-2) (FBS) Big Ten · FBS	L9-36
Sat Sep 19	vs Morehead St (1-6) Pioneer	W59-2
Sat Sep 26	at North Alabama (4-3) UAC	L20-23
Sat Oct 3	vs Tennessee St (2-5) OVC	W28-21
Sat Oct 17	at SE Missouri St (4-3) OVC	L30-40