2012 Indiana State Sycamores football team

2012 Indiana State Sycamores football
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record	7–4 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach	Trent Miles (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Harold Etheridge
Defensive coordinator	Jesse Minter
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 12,764)

2012 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 North Dakota State $^		7	–	1					14	–	1
No. 14 South Dakota State ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 8 Illinois State ^		5	–	3					9	–	4
Indiana State		5	–	3					7	–	4
Southern Illinois		5	–	3					6	–	5
Youngstown State		4	–	4					7	–	4
Northern Iowa		4	–	4					5	–	6
Missouri State		3	–	5					3	–	8
Western Illinois		1	–	7					3	–	8
South Dakota		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth year head coach Trent Miles and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three way tie for third place.

Head coach Trent Miles resigned at the end of the season to take the head coaching job at Georgia State. Miles was replaced by former UNLV head coach Mike Sanford.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	8:00 pm	at Indiana*	No. 23	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	BTN	L 17–24	41,882
September 8	2:00 pm	Quincy*	No. 23	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN		W 44–0	6,294
September 15	2:00 pm	Drake*	No. 22	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN		W 27–10	7,189
September 22	2:00 pm	South Dakota State	No. 22	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN		L 10–24	5,291
September 29	7:00 pm	at Southern Illinois		Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN3/MVFCTV	W 24–3	12,166
October 6	3:00 pm	Missouri State		Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN		W 31–17	8,311
October 13	4:00 pm	at No. 1 North Dakota State		Fargodome Fargo, ND	ESPN3	W 17–14	18,164
October 20	7:00 pm	at Western Illinois	No. 21	Hanson Field Macomb, IL		W 23–7	9,478
October 27	2:00 pm	South Dakota	No. 15	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3/MVFCTV	W 45–14	5,224
November 3	2:00 pm	No. 17 Illinois State	No. 14	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	CSNC	L 10–17	6,008
November 17	2:00 pm	at Youngstown State	No. 18	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN3	L 6–27	9,610
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Sports Network	23	23	22	22	RV	RV	RV	21	15	14	18	23
Coaches	25	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	25	18	17	21