2017 — The 2017 Season

Illinois State's 2017 season (6-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 6-5
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -5.7 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Butler 45-0 W @ East Ill 44-13 W @ Miss Sta 34-9 W vs Indi Sta 24-13 L @ Nort Ari 16-37 L @ Sout Ill 7-42 W vs Sout Dak 37-21 W @ Youn Sta 35-0 L vs West Ill 14-31 L @ Sout Sta 24-27 L vs Nort Sta 7-20
Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: Illinois State 45, Butler 0. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Illinois State 7, Southern Illinois 42. A 35-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Redbirds"
— Illinois State fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What It Meant

2017 is a middle chapter for Illinois State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.