Illinois State
1-0 W1 · Warming
Western Illinois
1-0 W2 · Warming
12:00 AM · Hanson Field

Western Illinois (1-0) hosts Illinois State (1-0). The market has Illinois State (1-0) favored by 23.5.

What’s at stake

Western Illinois

  • Western Illinois is coming off a 51-point win.

Illinois State

  • Illinois State is coming off a 76-point win.

The series

Illinois State leads the series 19-14

33 meetings since 1975 · Illinois State has won the last 3

  • 2024Illinois State 51–34
  • 2023Illinois State 34–18
  • 2022Illinois State 20–13
  • 2021Western Illinois 38–31
  • 2019Illinois State 28–14

The line, and the room

The model and the market don’t fully agree on Western Illinois’s chances here.

evenModel · 48%Market · 3%Illinois StateWestern Illinois

Home +23.5 · O/U 59.5

Conditions

87°F · 5 mph wind · Clear

Home-field advantage: Strong

Western Illinois is 30% at home, 14% on the road since 2018 (11-26 home, 6-38 away).

Recent games

Western Illinois

  • Wk 1Wvs Northwestern (IA)65-14

Illinois State

  • Wk 1Wvs St. Francis (IL)76-0

The market

Book hold: 5.3%