2015 Indiana State Sycamores football team

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2015 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 North Dakota State +^		7	–	1					13	–	2
No. 5 Illinois State +^		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 8 Northern Iowa ^		5	–	3					9	–	5
No. 15 South Dakota State ^		5	–	3					8	–	4
Western Illinois ^		5	–	3					7	–	6
Indiana State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Youngstown State		3	–	5					5	–	6
South Dakota		3	–	5					5	–	6
Southern Illinois		2	–	6					3	–	8
Missouri State		0	–	8					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Mike Sanford and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in MVFC play to finish in a three way tie for sixth place.

Schedule

September 53:05 PMButler*No. 21

• Memorial Stadium
• Terre Haute, IN

ESPN3W 52–17 3,941 September 1212:00 PMat Purdue*No. 21

• Ross–Ade Stadium
• West Lafayette, IN

ESPNewsL 14–38 41,158 September 193:05 PMSoutheast Missouri State*No. 23

• Memorial Stadium
• Terre Haute, IN

ESPN3W 29–28 6,786 October 33:00 PMat Missouri StateNo. 21

• Plaster Sports Complex
• Springfield, MO

ESPN3W 56–28 9,183 October 107:00 PMat No. 8 South Dakota StateNo. 19

• Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
• Brookings, SD

ESPN3L 7–24 9,347 October 173:05 PMSouthern IllinoisNo. 21

• Memorial Stadium
• Terre Haute, IN

ESPN3W 39–36 7,421 October 241:05 PMNo. 8 North Dakota StateNo. 18

• Memorial Stadium
• Terre Haute, IN

MVC TV/ESPN3L 14–28 6,524 October 311:00 PMat No. 3 Illinois StateNo. 21

• Hancock Stadium
• Normal, IL

ESPN3L 24–27 7,498 November 77:00 PMat No. 17 Northern IowaNo. 23

• UNI-Dome
• Cedar Falls, IA

ESPN3L 13–59 13,224 November 141:05 PMWestern Illinois

• Memorial Stadium
• Terre Haute, IN

ESPN3L 30–37 ^OT4,567 November 211:05 PMYoungstown State

• Memorial Stadium
• Terre Haute, IN

ESPN3W 27–24 1,121

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

Butler

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	10	7	0	17
#21 Sycamores	24	7	14	7	52

See also: 2015 Butler Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–25–2	2011	ISU, 48–34

at Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Sycamores	0	7	7	0	14
Boilermakers	14	10	7	7	38

See also: 2015 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–4	2013	PUR, 20–14

Southeast Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redhawks	7	0	0	21	28
#23 Sycamores	0	0	21	8	29

See also: 2015 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–4	2008	SEMO, 24–21

at Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Sycamores	7	14	14	21	56
Bears	7	7	7	7	28

See also: 2015 Missouri State Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–17	2014	ISU, 20–18

at South Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Sycamores	0	0	7	0	7
#8 Jackrabbits	0	14	0	10	24

See also: 2015 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–5	2014	SDSU, 32–17

Southern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	7	7	7	15	36
#21 Sycamores	7	10	10	12	39

See also: 2015 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–27	2014	ISU, 41–26

North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Bison	7	7	14	0	28
#18 Sycamores	0	7	7	0	14

See also: 2015 North Dakota State Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–6	2014	NDSU, 34–17

at Illinois State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Sycamores	0	21	3	0	24
#3 Redbirds	2	7	7	11	27

See also: 2015 Illinois State Redbirds football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
29–35–2	2014	ILST, 20–18

at Northern Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Sycamores	0	0	13	0	13
#17 Panthers	10	28	7	14	59

See also: 2015 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–24	2014	ISU, 20–19

Western Illinois

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Leathernecks	3	7	14	6	7	37
Sycamores	13	7	10	0	0	30

See also: 2015 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–23	2014	WIU, 34–20

Youngstown State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Penguins	14	7	0	3	24
Sycamores	7	14	0	6	27

See also: 2015 Youngstown State Penguins football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–20	2014	ISU, 27–24 OT

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	21	21	23	22	21	19	21	18	21	23	RV	—	RV
Coaches	20	21	25	23	24	21	RV	21	23	RV	RV	—	—