2022 — The 2022 Season

Illinois State's 2022 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+ -8.2 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L @ Wiscon 0-38 W vs Valpar 28-21 W vs East Ill 35-7 L vs Sout Ill 14-19 W @ Nort Iow 23-21 W vs Sout Dak 12-10 W @ Indi Sta 27-21 L @ Nort Sta 7-24 L vs Youn Sta 17-19 L @ Sout Sta 7-31 W vs West Ill 20-13
Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2022 season's largest margin: Illinois State 35, Eastern Illinois 7. A 28-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Illinois State 0, Wisconsin 38. A 38-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Redbirds"
— Illinois State fanbase voice · 2022· synthesized
What It Meant

2022 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.