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2020 Southern Illinois

6–⁠4.

Schedule and results

Southern Illinois in 2020, game by game: won vs. Southeast Missouri State 20–17; lost at North Dakota 21–44; won vs. North Dakota State 38–14; won at Youngstown State 30–22; won vs. Northern Iowa 17–16; lost vs. South Dakota State 3–44; lost at Missouri State 27–30; won vs. SE Louisiana 55–48; won at Weber State 34–31; lost at South Dakota State 26–31+24−41Won 20–17 vs. Southeast Missouri State+3Southeast Misso…Lost 21–44 at North Dakota-23North DakotaWon 38–14 vs. North Dakota State+24North Dakota St…Won 30–22 at Youngstown State+8Youngstown StateWon 17–16 vs. Northern Iowa+1Northern IowaLost 3–44 vs. South Dakota State-41South Dakota St…Lost 27–30 at Missouri State-3Missouri StateWon 55–48 vs. SE Louisiana+7SE LouisianaWon 34–31 at Weber State+3Weber StateLost 26–31 at South Dakota State-5South Dakota St…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 30vsSoutheast Missouri StateW 20–⁠1757%
Feb 20atNorth DakotaL 21–⁠4449%
Feb 27vsNorth Dakota StateW 38–⁠1423%
Mar 6atYoungstown StateW 30–⁠2258%
Mar 13vsNorthern IowaW 17–⁠1653%
Mar 20vsSouth Dakota StateL 3–⁠4456%
Mar 27atMissouri StateL 27–⁠3061%
Apr 17vsSE LouisianaW 55–⁠4854%
Apr 24atWeber StateW 34–⁠3127%
May 2atSouth Dakota StateL 26–⁠3126%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to South Dakota State 31–⁠26; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 62 on file).

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠3 5th in the Missouri Valley Football Conference (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
271–⁠297
Coach
—
Elo
1391 +31 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
No. 230
Offensive coordinator
Blake Rolan
Defensive coordinator
Jason Petrino

Top recruits in the 2020 class

John Volmert TE★★No. 3397
Jeff Wells S★★No. 3397
Jailon Welch CB★★No. 3756
Zach Gibson ATH★★No. 3913
Derek Harden Jr. OT

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

The 2020 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Receivers12.00.780
Defensive backs22.00.770
Athletes and specialists12.00.700
Whole class42.00.755

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.