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American college football season
The 2018 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by tenth-year head coach Brock Spack and played their home games at Hancock Stadium. They are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 3–5 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place.
Previous season
The Redbirds finished the 2017 season 6–5, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.
Preseason
Preseason MVFC poll
The MVFC released their preseason poll on July 29, 2018, with the Redbirds predicted to finish in fifth place.[1]
Predicted finish
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Team
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Votes (1st place)
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1 |
North Dakota State |
390 (39)
|
2 |
South Dakota State |
270
|
3 |
Northern Iowa |
258
|
4 |
Youngstown State |
248
|
5 |
Illinois State |
248
|
6 |
South Dakota |
206
|
7 |
Western Illinois |
163
|
8 |
Southern Illinois |
139
|
9 |
Missouri State |
90
|
10 |
Indiana State |
41
|
Preseason All-MVFC Teams
The Redbirds placed five players on the preseason all-MVFC teams.[2]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 6:30 p.m. | Saint Xavier* | No. 21 | | NBCS CHIC+ ESPN+ | W 46–0 | 9,157 |
September 8 | 6:30 p.m. | Eastern Illinois* | No. 19 | | NBCS CHIC+ ESPN+ | W 48–10 | 8,914 |
September 22 | 2:00 p.m. | at Colorado State* | No. 16 | | ATTSN | W 35–19 | 26,259 |
September 29 | 2:00 p.m. | at Missouri State | No. 9 | | ESPN+ | L 21–24 | 12,224 |
October 6 | 2:00 p.m. | Western Illinois | No. 15 | - Hancock Stadium
- Normal, IL
| NBCS CHIC ESPN+ | W 33–16 | 8,516 |
October 13 | 2:00 p.m. | Southern Illinois![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 12 | - Hancock Stadium
- Normal, IL
| ESPN3 | W 51–3 | 11,247 |
October 20 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 1 North Dakota State | No. 8 | | ESPN+ | L 14–28 | 18,553 |
October 27 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 7 South Dakota State | No. 11 | - Hancock Stadium
- Normal, IL
| ESPN3 | L 28–38 | 12,144 |
November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | at Northern Iowa | No. 14 | | ESPN+ | L 16–26 | 10,838 |
November 10 | 12:00 p.m. | at Indiana State | No. 23 | | ESPN3 | L 23–28 | 4,016 |
November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | Youngstown State | | - Hancock Stadium
- Normal, IL
| NBCS CHIC ESPN+ | W 35–28 | 6,072 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Game summaries
Saint Xavier
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Cougars
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
No. 21 Redbirds
|
14
|
10
|
14
|
8 |
46 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
1–0
|
2004
|
ILST, 44–14
|
Eastern Illinois
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
0 |
10 |
No. 19 Redbirds
|
7
|
21
|
10
|
10 |
48 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
55–42–9
|
2017
|
ILST, 44–13
|
at Colorado State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 16 Redbirds
|
0
|
14
|
7
|
14 |
35 |
Rams
|
6
|
0
|
7
|
6 |
19 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
First meeting
|
at Missouri State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 9 Redbirds
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
7 |
21 |
Bears
|
3
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
24 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
21–15–1
|
2017
|
ILST, 34–9
|
Western Illinois
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Leathernecks
|
6
|
7
|
3
|
0 |
16 |
No. 15 Redbirds
|
2
|
10
|
0
|
21 |
33 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
46–51–3
|
2017
|
WIU, 31–14
|
Southern Illinois
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Salukis
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0 |
3 |
No. 12 Redbirds
|
7
|
24
|
7
|
13 |
51 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
36–41–3
|
2017
|
SIU, 42–7
|
at North Dakota State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 8 Redbirds
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
14 |
No. 1 Bison
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
0 |
28 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
2–8
|
2017
|
NDSU, 20–7
|
South Dakota State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 7 Jackrabbits
|
7
|
21
|
7
|
3 |
38 |
No. 11 Redbirds
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
21 |
28 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
4–4
|
2017
|
SDSU, 27–24
|
at Northern Iowa
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 14 Redbirds
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
13 |
16 |
Panthers
|
3
|
16
|
7
|
0 |
26 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
2–8
|
2017
|
ILST, 21–13
|
at Indiana State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 23 Redbirds
|
10
|
0
|
7
|
6 |
23 |
Sycamores
|
0
|
21
|
0
|
7 |
28 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
36–30–2
|
2017
|
ILST, 24–13
|
Youngstown State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Penguins
|
3
|
10
|
8
|
7 |
28 |
Redbirds
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
14 |
35 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
14–13
|
2017
|
ILST, 35–0
|
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 21 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 23 | RV | RV | |
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Coaches | 20 | 19 | 18–T | 15 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 22 | RV | RV | |
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