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2020 Illinois State

1–⁠3.

Schedule and results

Illinois State in 2020, game by game: lost vs. South Dakota 20–27; lost at Northern Iowa 10–20; lost at North Dakota State 13–21; won vs. Western Illinois 26–18+8−10Lost 20–27 vs. South Dakota-7South DakotaLost 10–20 at Northern Iowa-10Northern IowaLost 13–21 at North Dakota State-8North Dakota St…Won 26–18 vs. Western Illinois+8Western Illinois
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Feb 27vsSouth DakotaL 20–⁠2769%
Mar 6atNorthern IowaL 10–⁠2035%
Mar 13atNorth Dakota StateL 13–⁠2119%
Mar 20vsWestern IllinoisW 26–⁠1881%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Western Illinois 26–⁠18; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 57 on file).

Record
1–⁠3
Conference
1–⁠3 tied for 7th in the Missouri Valley Football Conference (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
69–⁠86
Coach
—
Elo
1360 −46 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
No. 153
Offensive coordinators
C.J. Irvin and Ghaali Muhammad-Lankford
Defensive coordinator
Travis Niekamp
Captains
Drew Himmelman, Zeke Vandenburgh and ZJT Bohlken

Top recruits in the 2020 class

Hunter Zambrano OT★★★No. 2820
LaVoise-Deontae McCoy S★★★No. 2820
Ben May OG★★No. 3024
Rashad Lampkin RB★★No. 3116
Brett Spaulding TE★★No. 3116

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2020 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Running backs12.00.790
Receivers22.00.790
Offensive line22.50.798
Linebackers12.00.740
Defensive backs13.00.800
Whole class72.30.787

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.