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2024 Southern Illinois

4–⁠8 (2–⁠6 Missouri Valley Football Conference).

Schedule and results

Southern Illinois in 2024, game by game: lost at BYU 13–41; won at Austin Peay 31–17; won vs. Incarnate Word 35–28; lost vs. Southeast Missouri State 21–38; lost at South Dakota 13–42; lost vs. Illinois State 10–45; lost vs. North Dakota State 3–24; lost at Indiana State 17–20; lost at Missouri State 17–38; won vs. Youngstown State 37–33; lost at South Dakota State 10–41; won vs. Murray State 62–0+62−35Lost 13–41 at BYU-28BYUWon 31–17 at Austin Peay+14Austin PeayWon 35–28 vs. Incarnate Word+7Incarnate WordLost 21–38 vs. Southeast Missouri State-17Southeast Misso…Lost 13–42 at South Dakota-29South DakotaLost 10–45 vs. Illinois State-35Illinois StateLost 3–24 vs. North Dakota State-21North Dakota St…Lost 17–20 at Indiana State-3Indiana StateLost 17–38 at Missouri State-21Missouri StateWon 37–33 vs. Youngstown State+4Youngstown StateLost 10–41 at South Dakota State-31South Dakota St…Won 62–0 vs. Murray State+62Murray State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31atBYUL 13–⁠4126%
Sep 7atAustin PeayW 31–⁠1737%
Sep 14vsIncarnate WordW 35–⁠2853%
Sep 21vsSoutheast Missouri StateL 21–⁠3865%
Sep 28atSouth DakotaL 13–⁠4237%
Oct 5vsIllinois StateL 10–⁠4557%
Oct 12vsNorth Dakota StateL 3–⁠2426%
Oct 26atIndiana StateL 17–⁠2058%
Nov 2atMissouri StateL 17–⁠3822%
Nov 9vsYoungstown StateW 37–⁠3351%
Nov 16atSouth Dakota StateL 10–⁠418%
Nov 23vsMurray StateW 62–⁠076%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Murray State 62–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

In program history: The 30th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 62 on file).

Record
4–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 8th in Missouri Valley Football Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
269–⁠367
Coach
—
Elo
1279 −81 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−26.0 No. 49 of 129 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 174
Offensive coordinator
Blake Rolan
Defensive coordinator
Antonio James
Offense
Pro spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2024 class

Lukus McDaniels ATH★★★No. 653
Karsen Konkel TE★★★No. 879
Tyrese Reid DL★★★No. 1919
Jerrian Parker Jr. RB★★★No. 1919
Quentin Boeke OL★★No. 2983

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

The 2024 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Running backs13.00.840
Receivers13.00.871
Offensive line22.00.785
Defensive line13.00.840
Athletes and specialists13.00.880
Whole class62.70.834

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.

Transfers in 6

The 2024 portal
Keontez Lewis WR★★★from Wisconsin
Jeremiah McClendon S★★★from Florida International
Vontrell Chairse DE★★★from Toledo
Willtrell Hartson RB★★★from Ohio State
Cameron Dye OT★★from Georgia State
Johnny Schmitt S★★from Illinois

Transfers out 4

Branson Combs LB★★★to Wake Forest
Mark Davis CB★★★to Vanderbilt
Izaiah Hartrup WR★★★to Ole Miss
Andrew Volmar CB★★to Bethune-Cookman

2024 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Dakota State7–⁠114–⁠2
South Dakota State7–⁠112–⁠3
South Dakota7–⁠111–⁠3–⁠1
Illinois State6–⁠210–⁠4
Missouri State6–⁠28–⁠4
Youngstown State3–⁠54–⁠8
Indiana State3–⁠54–⁠8
North Dakota2–⁠65–⁠7
Southern Illinois2–⁠64–⁠8
Northern Iowa1–⁠73–⁠9
Murray State0–⁠81–⁠11

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.