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Western Illinois Leathernecks

College Football (FCS) · 2026

Record
5–4
Our rank
#39
Efficiency
#54
Adj. margin
+1.8
W Illinois rank by day Our rankings Efficiency
#1#40#80#120#160#200SepOctOur rank #39Efficiency #54
Show as table
ThroughOur rankEfficiency
Oct 31#39#54
Oct 30#45#52
Oct 29#39#52
Oct 24#39#51
Oct 23#43#73
Oct 17#43#74
Oct 16#37#76
Oct 10#37#76
Oct 9#27#70
Oct 3#25#70
Oct 2#17#65
Sep 26#16#64
Sep 25#14#62
Sep 19#14#62
Sep 18#34#108
Sep 12#34#108
Sep 11#30#108
Sep 10#30#108
Sep 6#30#108
Sep 5#28#108
Sep 4#49#96
Sep 3#52#96
Aug 29#54#96
Aug 28#2#94
Aug 27#2#94
Aug 19#0#95

Western Illinois Leathernecks schedule & predictions

DateOpponent Result / TimeOur pickSignals
Nov 7at 95E IllinoisSat 3:00 PM ETW Illinois 53%RC EIUECompare
Nov 14vs 63Gardner-WebbSat 2:00 PM ETW Illinois 54%RCECompare
Nov 21at 92LindenwoodSat 3:00 PM ETLindenwood 66%R WIUCECompare

Small numbers beside teams are our rankings, not the AP poll.

W Illinois 2026 results

DateOpponent Result / TimeOur pickSignals
Oct 31at 8Charleston SoW 42–35Charleston So 61% ✗RCECompare
Oct 24vs 90UT MartinW 55–24UT Martin 56% ✗R WIUCECompare
Oct 17at 89SE MissouriL 30–40SE Missouri 66% ✓R WIUCECompare
Oct 3vs 115Tennessee StW 28–21W Illinois 82% ✓RCECompare
Sep 26at 71North AlabamaL 20–23North Alabama 58% ✓R WIUCECompare
Sep 19vs 68Morehead StW 59–2W Illinois 80% ✓RCECompare
Sep 12at Wisconsin (non-FCS)L 9–36—
Sep 5vs 27Illinois StL 10–41Illinois St 85% ✓R WIUCECompare
Aug 27vs N'Western (IA) (non-FCS)W 65–14—

Our picks in finished games here: 5–2 (71%)

“Our pick” on a finished game is what we predicted before it was played.