Illinois State Redbirds
FCS
Missouri Valley Football Conference · ILST
Team Vitals
+13.0
power · 2026 · #67 D1
+7.6 / +5.4
off / def (higher = better)
3–0
2026 record
102
roster (2026)
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Eastern Illinois FCS | HOME | Illinois State 96% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | Northern Iowa FCS | AWAY | Illinois State 79% |
| 2026-10-03 | Wk 5 | South Dakota State FCS | HOME | Illinois State 74% |
| 2026-10-17 | Wk 7 | Southern Illinois FCS | AWAY | Illinois State 69% |
| 2026-10-24 | Wk 8 | Indiana State FCS | HOME | Illinois State 94% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | Murray State FCS | HOME | Illinois State 99% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | North Dakota FCS | AWAY | North Dakota 56% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | Youngstown State FCS | AWAY | Illinois State 68% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | South Dakota FCS | HOME | Illinois State 65% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | 2026 | Wk 2 | Northern Illinois @ | W | 28–24 |
| 2026-09-05 | 2026 | Wk 1 | Western Illinois @ | W | 41–10 |
| 2026-08-29 | 2026 | Wk 1 | St. Francis (IL) vs | W | 76–0 |
| 2026-01-05 | 2025 | Bowl | Montana State @ | L | 34–35 |
| 2025-12-20 | 2025 | Bowl | Villanova @ | W | 30–14 |
| 2025-12-06 | 2025 | Wk 15 | North Dakota State @ | W | 29–28 |
| 2025-11-29 | 2025 | Wk 14 | SE Louisiana @ | W | 21–3 |
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | Southern Illinois vs | L | 7–37 |
| 2025-11-15 | 2025 | Wk 12 | South Dakota State @ | W | 35–21 |
| 2025-11-08 | 2025 | Wk 11 | Indiana State @ | W | 52–20 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025 | Wk 10 | Northern Iowa vs | W | 31–16 |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025 | Wk 9 | South Dakota @ | W | 21–13 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 145 | 34 | +111 |
| 2025 | 11 | 5 | 481 | 406 | +75 |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 | 373 | 349 | +24 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 | 361 | 225 | +136 |
| 2022 | 6 | 5 | 190 | 224 | -34 |
| 2021 | 3 | 7 | 182 | 232 | -50 |
| 2019 | 10 | 5 | 297 | 240 | +57 |
| 2018 | 6 | 5 | 350 | 220 | +130 |
| 2017 | 6 | 5 | 287 | 213 | +74 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | 312 | 262 | +50 |
| 2015 | 10 | 3 | 451 | 276 | +175 |
Injuries
Not an injury report. College football has no league-wide mandated one, and the ESPN feed we poll has carried the same three players all season — so an empty table here means nothing has been reported to us, not that the team is healthy. Nothing on this page, and nothing in our model, uses it.
Player grades 2026 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2026 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Oliver | DB | 82 | #47 | 2 | 6 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT |
| Tye Niekamp | LB | 77 | #64 | 2 | 14 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 4.0 TFL |
| Alex Herrera | TE | 72 | #43 | 2 | 4 rec · 49 yds · 2 TD |
| Dylan Lord | WR | 72 | #134 | 2 | 13 rec · 134 yds · 1 TD |
| Mason Kaplan | LB | 66 | #260 | 2 | 17 tkl · 1.5 TFL |
| Victor Dawson | RB | 66 | #188 | 2 | 119 rush yds · 2 TD · 1 rec |
| Ben Harman | DL | 66 | #500 | 2 | 9 tkl · 1.5 TFL |
| Stevan Gavric | WR | 64 | #343 | 2 | 7 rec · 94 yds · 1 TD |
| Doreon Dubose | DB | 63 | #588 | 2 | 6 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT |
| Dexter Niekamp | LB | 62 | #398 | 2 | 8 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Anthony Corona | LB | 61 | #423 | 2 | 10 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL |
| Michael Cosentino | K | 59 | #110 | 2 | 2 FG · 9 XP · 15 pts |
| Jordan Coleman | DB | 58 | #890 | 2 | 11 tkl |
| Seth Glatz | RB | 57 | #426 | 2 | 76 rush yds · 1 TD · 1 rec |
| Key Crowell | DB | 57 | #971 | 1 | 2 tkl · 2 PD |
| Nio Espinoza | LB | 57 | #605 | 2 | 11 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Luke Mailander | WR | 56 | #676 | 2 | 5 rec · 91 yds |
| Valentino Garcia | DL | 56 | #1177 | 2 | 5 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Hayden Futch | P | 55 | #100 | 2 | 6 punts · 46.8 yd avg |
| Wyatt Mueller | DB | 55 | #1128 | 2 | 9 tkl |
| Gage Roy | QB | 55 | #252 | 2 | 271 pass yds · 3 TD · 0 INT |
| La'Shavion Brown | DB | 53 | #1285 | 2 | 8 tkl |
| Chase Kwiatkowski | QB | 52 | #296 | 2 | 7 pass yds · 0 INT · 113 rush yds |
| Travis Jones | DL | 51 | #1602 | 2 | 2 tkl |
| Wyatt Boals | DL | 50 | #1633 | 2 | 4 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Logan Jellison | DL | 50 | #1632 | 2 | 5 tkl |
| Max Ziebarth | TE | 48 | #336 | 1 | 3 rec · 2 yds |
| Rico Clay | DB | 47 | #1767 | 1 | 1 tkl · 1 PD |
| Solomon Oduma | LB | 47 | #1090 | 2 | 6 tkl |
| Aden Cannon | DL | 46 | #2022 | 1 | 3 tkl |
| Tyler Lofton | RB | 44 | #879 | 2 | 34 rush yds |
| Beckham Pellant | QB | 43 | #464 | 2 | 132 pass yds · 1 TD · 2 INT |
| Ben Cooper | LB | 43 | #1292 | 2 | 4 tkl |
| Anthony Hall | RB | 40 | #995 | 1 | 17 rush yds |
| Andrew Rockford | WR | 40 | #1462 | 1 | 1 rec · 15 yds |
| Mar'Quan Gary | WR | 39 | #1483 | 1 | 1 rec · 9 yds |
| Evan Sierra | DB | 39 | #2352 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Brady Probst | TE | 38 | #491 | 1 | 1 rec · 9 yds |
| Josh Crandall | DL | 38 | #2640 | 2 | 2 tkl |
| Rylan Crawford | DB | 29 | #2798 | 1 | 1 tkl |