Redbirds Move Up To No. 10 In Both National FCS Top 25 Polls

NORMAL, Ill. – Coming off a 35-14 road win at Southern Illinois last Saturday to improve to 5-2 on the year, the Illinois State football team has jumped to No. 10 in both the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll and the AFCA FCS Coaches Poll this week.

Illinois State has now appeared in every Stats Perform FCS Top 25 poll for 39-straight weeks, the sixth-longest active streak in the FCS. 

The Redbirds are among six teams from the Missouri Valley Football Conference in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll, with Youngstown State (4), South Dakota State (5), North Dakota (6), South Dakota (8) and Illinois State (10) all finding themselves in the Top 10. UNI, thanks to a pair of top 5 wins at home over Illinois State and North Dakota, come in at No. 19 this week.

No. 10 Illinois State (5-2, 1-2 MVFC) will host Indiana State (2-5, 0-3 MVFC) on Saturday for Homecoming 2026. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. CT on Jay and Lori Bergman Field at Hancock Stadium.

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