CFB
Model

Southern Illinois

MVFC · 6 in conference · Championship Subdivision. Athletic Vector Rankings on the shared Division I strength scale.

Playoff projection

6.1 projected wins · most likely seed 8
Field
79%
Seeded
22%
Quarters
26%
Semis
11%
Final
5%
Title
2%

24 teams: eleven conference champions take automatic bids and thirteen are chosen at large. The top eight are seeded and skip the first round. Automatic bid in 2% of runs.

Schedule

5 played · 5 to come

Opponent ranks use the selected season's current or final board.

WkOpponentResult
1at#222SamfordW22–18
2vs#165Southeast Missouri StateW34–20
4at#242Murray StateW46–6
5vs#82Youngstown StateL16–28
6at#112South DakotaL10–31
7vs#117Illinois StateWin chance 50% · Margin 0.1—
8vs#158Northern IowaWin chance 75% · Margin 11.0—
10at#183Indiana StateWin chance 74% · Margin 10.4—
11vs#75South Dakota StateWin chance 40% · Margin -4.2—
12at#110North DakotaWin chance 33% · Margin -7.3—

Roster and position units

Roster mean 69.9 · Offense 66.8 · Defense 73.0

Mean across rated position-depth slots; missing slots excluded. AVR aggregation of vendor player grades, not a vendor-issued team grade.

Mean overall grade of each unit’s top-rated players, as of week 6. Ranks are within FCS.

QB 75.5

#50 of 125 · 1/1 players

RB 73.5

#50 of 126 · 2/2 players

WR 67.0

#83 of 126 · 3/3 players

TE 61.2

#83 of 124 · 1/1 players

OL 63.4

#74 of 125 · 5/5 players

DL 74.8

#26 of 126 · 4/4 players

LB 74.4

#35 of 126 · 3/3 players

DB 70.8

#73 of 126 · 5/5 players

offense · overall grade

  • RBDedrick Welch76.0
  • QBDJ Williams75.5
  • WRKam White70.9
  • RBChandler Chapman70.9
  • OLTristan Cooke-Dennis70.9
  • WRMarkell Quick65.4
  • WRET Harris64.7
  • WRKyle Thomas64.1

defense · overall grade

  • DBJoshua Newkirk83.2
  • DBSebastian Vargas78.6
  • LBBen Fiegel77.7
  • DLCaleb Saner76.4
  • DLIbrahim Sanogo76.2
  • DLCamron Miller74.8
  • LBDavid Obadein73.3
  • LBCharles Whelpley72.1

Past seasons

Year by year
-0.0 points since 2022
304050607049.9202253.6202343.9202449.82025
2022 49.92023 53.62024 43.92025 49.8

2025

6-5
D-I rank
#116
Rating
49.8

2024

4-8
D-I rank
#152
Rating
43.9

2023

7-4
D-I rank
#101
Rating
53.6

2022

5-6
D-I rank
#128
Rating
49.9