2007 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings

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The following weekly polls comprise the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings that determined the top 25 teams at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level of college football for the 2007 season. The Sports Network poll is voted by media members while the Coaches' Poll is determined by coaches at the FCS level.

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Legend

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The Sports Network poll

Preseason
[1]
Week 1
Sept 4 [2]
Week 2
Sept 11 [3]
Week 3
Sept 18 [4]
Week 4
Sept 25 [5]
Week 5
Oct 2 [6]
Week 6
Oct 9 [7]
Week 7
Oct 16 [8]
Week 8
Oct 23 [9]
Week 9
Oct 30 [10]
Week 10
Nov 6 [11]
Week 11
Nov 13 [12]
Week 12
Nov 20 [13]
Week 13
Postseason [14]
1. Appalachian State (67)Appalachian State (1–0) (88)Appalachian State (2–0) (77)Appalachian State (3–0) (90)Montana (3–0) (46)Montana (4–0) (52)Montana (5–0) (55)Northern Iowa (6–0) (35)Northern Iowa (7–0) (56)Northern Iowa (8–0) (59)Northern Iowa (9–0) (61)Northern Iowa (10–0) (70)Northern Iowa (11–0) (97)Appalachian State (13–2) (119)1.
2. Montana (3)UMass (1–0)Montana (2–0)Montana (2–0)UMass (4–0) (18)Northern Iowa (5–0) (23)Northern Iowa (5–0) (29)North Dakota State (6–0) (23)North Dakota State (7–0) (47)North Dakota State (8–0) (37)North Dakota State (9–0) (42)North Dakota State (10–0) (23)Montana (11–0) (10)Delaware (11–4)2.
3. UMass [note 1] Montana (1–0)UMass (2–0)UMass (3–0)Northern Iowa (4–0) (12)North Dakota State (4–0) (19)North Dakota State (5–0) (24)Montana (6–0) (40)Montana (7–0) (11)UMass (7–1) (6)Montana (9–0) (7)Montana (10–0) (10)McNeese State (11–0) (5)Southern Illinois (12–2)3.
4. North Dakota State North Dakota State (0–0)Northern Iowa (2–0)North Dakota State (2–0)North Dakota State (3–0) (14)UMass (4–1) (11)UMass (4–1) (5)UMass (5–1) (4)UMass (6–1) (4)Montana (8–0) (7)McNeese State (9–0) (2)McNeese State (10–0) (3)Southern Illinois (10–1)Northern Iowa (12–1)4.
5. Youngstown State New Hampshire (0–0)North Dakota State (1–0)Northern Iowa (3–0)Appalachian State (3–1) (8)Appalachian State (4–1) (2)Appalachian State (5–1) (2)Appalachian State (5–1) (3)McNeese State (7–0) (2)McNeese State (8–0) (3)Southern Illinois (8–1)Southern Illinois (9–1)Appalachian State (9–2)Richmond (11–3)5.
6. New Hampshire (1)Youngstown State (0–1)Youngstown State (1–1)McNeese State (2–0)McNeese State (3–0) (2)McNeese State (4–0) (7)McNeese State (5–0) (2)McNeese State (6–0) (2)James Madison (6–1)Southern Illinois (7–1)Delaware (8–1)Appalachian State (8–2)Richmond (9–2)Wofford (9–4)6.
7. Illinois State McNeese State (1–0)Southern Illinois (2–0)Southern Illinois (3–0)Southern Illinois (4–0) (1)Southern Illinois (5–0) (2)Southern Illinois (6–0) (1)Wofford (6–1) (3)Southern Illinois (7–1)Delaware (7–1)Appalachian State (7–2)Richmond (8–2)UMass (9–2)UMass (10–3)7.
8. James Madison Northern Iowa (1–0)McNeese State (1–0)James Madison (2–1)Wofford (3–1) (2)Wofford (4–1) (3)Wofford (5–1) (3)James Madison (6–1)New Hampshire (5–2)New Hampshire (6–2)UMass (7–2)UMass (8–2)North Dakota State (10–1) (1)Eastern Washington (9–4)8.
9. Northern Iowa Furman (1–0)James Madison (1–1)Youngstown State (2–1)James Madison (3–1)James Madison (4–1)James Madison (5–1)Southern Illinois (6–1)Delaware (6–1)Appalachian State (6–2)Richmond (7–2)Delaware (8–2)Eastern Kentucky (9–2)North Dakota State (10–1)9.
10. McNeese State James Madison (0–1)Delaware (2–0)New Hampshire (1–1)Youngstown State (3–1)Youngstown State (4–1)Hofstra (5–0)Hofstra (6–0)Appalachian State (5–2)Wofford (7–2)Delaware State (8–1)Delaware State (9–1)Delaware State (10–1)Montana (11–1)10.
11. Furman Southern Illinois (1–0)Wofford (2–0)Delaware (3–0)New Hampshire (2–1)Delaware (5–0)Montana State (4–1)New Hampshire (4–2)Wofford (6–2)Richmond (6–2)Georgia Southern (7–2)Yale (9–0)Wofford (8–3)McNeese State (11–1)11.
12. Southern Illinois Eastern Illinois (1–0)New Hampshire (0–1)Hampton (2–0)Delaware (4–0)Hofstra (4–0)Youngstown State (4–2)Youngstown State (5–2)Delaware State (6–1)James Madison (6–2)Yale (8–0)Eastern Kentucky (8–2)James Madison (8–3)James Madison (8–4)12.
13. Portland State Delaware (1–0)Hampton (1–0)Wofford (2–1)Hampton (3–0)Montana State (3–1)New Hampshire (3–2)Nicholls State (5–1)Yale (6–0)Delaware State (7–1)Eastern Kentucky (7–2)Wofford (8–3)Delaware (8–3)Eastern Kentucky (9–3)13.
14. Wofford Wofford (1–0)Eastern Illinois (1–1)Illinois State (2–1)Hofstra (3–0)Richmond (3–1)Nicholls State (4–1)Delaware (6–1)Richmond (5–2)Elon (6–2)New Hampshire (6–3)James Madison (7–3)Eastern Washington (8–3)New Hampshire (7–5)14.
15. Cal Poly [note 2] Hampton (0–0)Furman (1–1)Hofstra (2–0)Sam Houston State (2–1)New Hampshire (2–2)Delaware (5–1)Delaware State (5–1)Hofstra (6–1)Yale (7–0)Wofford (7–3)Eastern Washington (7–3)Youngstown State (7–4)Delaware State (10–2)15.
16. Hampton Sam Houston State (1–0)Sam Houston State (2–0)Furman (1–2)Illinois State (2–2)Eastern Illinois (3–2)Yale (4–0)Yale (5–0)Elon (5–2)Eastern Kentucky (7–2)James Madison (6–3)Georgia Southern (7–3)Grambling State (8–2)Youngstown State (7–4)16.
17. Eastern Illinois Illinois State (0–1)Illinois State (1–1)Sam Houston State (2–1)Western Illinois (3–1)Nicholls State (3–1)Delaware State (4–1)Western Illinois (5–2)Eastern Kentucky (6–2)Georgia Southern (6–2)Grambling State (8–1)Youngstown State (7–4)New Hampshire (7–4)Georgia Southern (7–4)17.
18. Sam Houston State Portland State (0–1)Nicholls State (2–0)Montana State (1–1)Montana State (2–1)Yale (3–0)Hampton (4–1)Richmond (4–2)Nicholls State (5–2)Grambling State (7–1)Hofstra (7–2)Fordham (8–2)Eastern Illinois (8–3)Eastern Illinois (8–4)18.
19. Delaware Texas State (1–0) Hofstra (1–0)Western Illinois (2–1)Eastern Illinois (2–2)Sam Houston State (2–2)Western Illinois (4–2)Cal Poly (4–2)Montana State (5–2)Western Illinois (6–3)Elon (6–3)Grambling State (8–2)Georgia Southern (7–4)South Dakota State (7–4)19.
20. South Dakota State Tennessee–Martin (0–1)Montana State (0–1)Eastern Illinois (1–2)Furman (1–2)Delaware State (3–1)Richmond (3–2)Montana State (4–2)Youngstown State (5–3)Hofstra (6–2)Eastern Washington (6–3)New Hampshire (6–4)Yale (9–1)Fordham (8–4)20.
21. Montana State Montana State (0–1)Yale (0–0)Yale (1–0)Eastern Washington (3–0)Hampton (3–1) Georgia Southern (4–1)Eastern Kentucky (5–2)Grambling State (6–1)Alabama A&M (7–1)Youngstown State (6–4)Eastern Illinois (7–3)South Dakota State (7–4)Harvard (8–2)21.
22. Tennessee–Martin Cal Poly (0–1)Western Illinois (1–1)Lafayette (3–0)Yale (2–0)Western Illinois (3–2)Cal Poly (3–2)Eastern Washington (4–2)Georgia Southern (5–2)Youngstown State (5–4) Fordham (8–2)Hofstra (7–3) Harvard (8–2)Yale (9–1)22.
23. Coastal Carolina Yale (0–0) Towson State (2–0) Alabama A&M (3–0)Nicholls State (3–1)Illinois State (2–3) Eastern Kentucky (4–2)Grambling State (5–1)Norfolk State (6–1) Villanova (5–3)Western Illinois (6–4)Alabama A&M (8–2)Elon (7–4)Elon (7–4)23.
24. Yale Western Illinois (1–0) Delaware State (2–0)Cal Poly (1–2) Elon (2–1)Cal Poly (3–2)Eastern Illinois (3–3)Elon (4–2)Western Illinois (5–3)Eastern Washington (5–3)Cal Poly (6–3)Elon (6–4)Cal Poly (7–4)Cal Poly (7–4)24.
25. South Carolina State Nicholls State (1–0) Lafayette (2–0) Eastern Washington (2–0) Richmond (2–1) Southern U. (5–0) Grambling State (4–1) Norfolk State (5–1) The Citadel (5–2)Nicholls State (5–3)Eastern Illinois (6–3)Cal Poly (6–4)Fordham (8–3)Grambling State (8–4)25.
Preseason
[15]
Week 1
Sept 4 [16]
Week 2
Sept 11 [3]
Week 3
Sept 18 [17]
Week 4
Sept 25 [5]
Week 5
Oct 2 [18]
Week 6
Oct 9 [19]
Week 7
Oct 16 [20]
Week 8
Oct 23 [9]
Week 9
Oct 30 [21]
Week 10
Nov 6 [22]
Week 11
Nov 13 [23]
Week 12
Nov 20 [24]
Week 13
Postseason [14]
Dropped:
  • 20 South Dakota State
  • 23 Coastal Carolina
  • 25 South Carolina State
Dropped:
  • 18 Portland State
  • 19 Texas State
  • 20 Tennessee–Martin
  • 22 Cal Poly
Dropped:
  • 18 Nicholls State
  • 23 Towson State
  • 24 Delaware State
Dropped:
  • 22 Lafayette
  • 23 Alabama A&M
  • 24 Cal Poly
Dropped:
  • 20 Furman
  • 21 Eastern Washington
  • 24 Elon
Dropped:
  • 19 Sam Houston State
  • 23 Illinois State
  • 25 Southern U.
Dropped:
  • 18 Hampton
  • 21 Georgia Southern
  • 24 Eastern Illinois
Dropped:
  • 19 Cal Poly
  • 22 Eastern Washington
Dropped:
  • 19 Montana State
  • 23 Norfolk State
  • 25 The Citadel
Dropped:
  • 21 Alabama A&M
  • 23 Villanova
  • 25 Nicholls State
Dropped:
23 Western Illinois
Dropped:
  • 22 Hofstra
  • 23 Alabama A&M
None

Coaches' Poll

Preseason
[25]
Week 1
Sept 4 [26]
Week 2
Sept 11 [27]
Week 3
Sept 18 [28]
Week 4
Sept 25 [29]
Week 5
Oct 2 [30]
Week 6
Oct 9 [31]
Week 7
Oct 16 [32]
Week 8
Oct 23 [33]
Week 9
Oct 30 [34]
Week 10
Nov 6 [35]
Week 11
Nov 13 [36]
Week 12
Nov 20 [37]
Week 13
Postseason [38]
1.Appalachian State (27)Appalachian State (1–0) (28)Appalachian State (2–0) (28)Appalachian State (3–0) (28)Montana (3–0) (20)Montana (4–0) (18)North Dakota State (5–0) (8)North Dakota State (6–0)North Dakota State (7–0) (21)North Dakota State (8–0) (16)North Dakota State (9–0) (18)North Dakota State (10–0) (17)Northern Iowa (11–0) (17)Appalachian State (13–2) (27)1.
2.MontanaMontana (1–0)UMass (2–0)Montana (2–0)UMass (4–0) (4)North Dakota State (4–0) (4)Montana (5–0) (15)Northern Iowa (6–0)Northern Iowa (7–0) (2)Northern Iowa (8–0) (6)Northern Iowa (9–0) (6)Northern Iowa (10–0) (7)Montana (11–0) (7)Delaware (11–4)2.
3.UMass (1)UMass (1–0)Montana (2–0)UMass (3–0)North Dakota State (3–0) (3)UMass (4–1) (5)Northern Iowa (5–0)Montana (6–0)Montana (7–0) (4)Montana (8–0) (4)Montana (9–0) (4)Montana (10–0) (4)McNeese State (11–0) (1)Southern Illinois (12–2)3.
4.North Dakota StateNorth Dakota State (0–0)North Dakota State (1–0)North Dakota State (2–0)Northern Iowa (4–0)Northern Iowa (5–0)UMass (4–1) (4)UMass (5–1)UMass (6–1) (1)UMass (7–1) (2)McNeese State (9–0)McNeese State (10–0)Southern Illinois (10–1)Richmond (11–3)4.
5.New HampshireNew Hampshire (0–0)Northern Iowa (2–0)Northern Iowa (3–0)Appalachian State (3–1)Appalachian State (4–1)Appalachian State (5–1)Appalachian State (5–1)McNeese State (7–0)McNeese State (8–0)Southern Illinois (8–1)Southern Illinois (9–1)North Dakota State (10–1) (3)Northern Iowa (12–1) (1)5.
6.Youngstown StateMcNeese State (1–0)Southern Illinois (2–0)Southern Illinois (3–0)Southern Illinois (4–0)Southern Illinois (5–0)Southern Illinois (6–0)McNeese State (6–0)James Madison (6–1)Southern Illinois (7–1)Delaware (8–1)Appalachian State (8–2)Appalachian State (9–2)UMass (10–3)6.
7.James MadisonNorthern Iowa (1–0)James Madison (1–1)Youngstown State (2–1)McNeese State (3–0) (1)McNeese State (4–0) (1)McNeese State (5–0) (1)Wofford (6–1)Southern Illinois (7–1)Delaware (7–1)Appalachian State (7–2)UMass (8–2)UMass (9–2)James Madison (8–4)7.
8.Illinois StateYoungstown State (0–1)Youngstown State (1–1)McNeese State (2–0)Wofford (3–1)Wofford (4–1)Wofford (5–1)James Madison (6–1)Delaware (6–1)New Hampshire (6–2)Richmond (7–2)Richmond (8–2)Richmond (9–2)Eastern Washington (9–4)8.
9.Northern IowaFurman (1–0)McNeese State (1–0)James Madison (2–1)James Madison (3–1)James Madison (4–1)James Madison (5–1)Hofstra (6–0)New Hampshire (5–2)Appalachian State (6–2)UMass (7–2)Delaware (8–2)James Madison (8–3)North Dakota State (10–1)9.
10.FurmanSouthern Illinois (1–0)Wofford (2–0)New Hampshire (1–1)Youngstown State (3–1)Youngstown State (4–1)Hofstra (5–0)Southern Illinois (6–1)Appalachian State (5–2)Wofford (7–2)Delaware State (8–1)Delaware State (9–1)Delaware State (10–1)Wofford (9–4)10.
11.Southern IllinoisJames Madison (0–1)Delaware (2–0)Delaware (3–0)New Hampshire (2–1)Delaware (5–0)New Hampshire (3–2)New Hampshire (4–2)Wofford (6–2)Richmond (6–2)Georgia Southern (7–2)Yale (9–0)Eastern Kentucky (9–2)McNeese State (11–1)11.
12.McNeese StateWofford (1–0)New Hampshire (0–1)Wofford (2–1)Delaware (4–0)Hofstra (4–0)Montana State (4–1)Youngstown State (5–2)Delaware State (6–1)James Madison (6–2)Yale (8–0)Eastern Kentucky (8–2)Wofford (8–3)Montana (11–1)12.
13.Portland StateDelaware (1–0)Hampton (1–0)Hampton (2–0)Hampton (3–0)Montana State (3–1)Youngstown State (4–2)Delaware (6–1)Yale (6–0)Delaware State (7–1)Eastern Kentucky (7–2)James Madison (7–3)Delaware (8–3)Eastern Kentucky (9–3)13.
14.Cal PolyEastern Illinois (1–0)Sam Houston State (2–0)Illinois State (2–1)Hofstra (3–0)New Hampshire (2–2)Nicholls State (4–1)Nicholls State (5–1)Richmond (5–2)Yale (7–0)New Hampshire (6–3)Wofford (8–3)Eastern Washington (8–3)New Hampshire (7–5)14.
15.WoffordHampton (0–0)Illinois State (1–1)Sam Houston State (2–1)Sam Houston State (2–1)Richmond (3–1)Delaware (5–1)Yale (5–0)Hofstra (6–1)Elon (6–2)James Madison (6–3)Eastern Washington (7–3)New Hampshire (7–4)Eastern Illinois (8–4)15.
16.HamptonSam Houston State (1–0)Furman (1–1)Hofstra (2–0)Illinois State (2–2)Eastern Illinois (3–2)Yale (4–0)Delaware State (5–1)Montana State (5–2)Eastern Kentucky (7–2)Grambling State (8–1)Youngstown State (7–4)Youngstown State (7–4)Delaware State (10–2)16.
17.Eastern IllinoisCal Poly (0–1)Eastern Illinois (1–1)Furman (1–2)Montana State (2–1)Yale (3–0)Delaware State (4–1)Western Illinois (5–2)Elon (5–2)Grambling State (7–1)Wofford (7–3)Georgia Southern (7–3)Eastern Illinois (8–3)Youngstown State (7–4)17.
18.Tennessee–MartinIllinois State (0–1)Nicholls State (2–0)Montana State (1–1)Western Illinois (3–1)Nicholls State (3–1)Hampton (4–1)Richmond (4–2)Eastern Kentucky (6–2)Georgia Southern (6–2)Hofstra (7–2)Grambling State (8–2)Grambling State (8–2)Georgia Southern (7–4)18.
19.South Dakota StatePortland State (0–1)Montana State (0–1)Western Illinois (2–1)Furman (1–2)Sam Houston State (2–2)Western Illinois (4–2)Montana State (4–2)Nicholls State (5–2)Western Illinois (6–3)Elon (6–3)New Hampshire (6–4)Georgia Southern (7–4)Fordham (8–4)19.
20.Coastal CarolinaMontana State (0–1)Hofstra (1–0)Nicholls State (2–1)Yale (2–0)Hampton (3–1)Richmond (3–2)Cal Poly (4–2)Youngstown State (5–3)Hofstra (6–2)Youngstown State (6–4)Eastern Illinois (7–3)Yale (9–1)Harvard (8–2)20.
21.DelawareTexas State (1–0)Cal Poly (0–2)Yale (1–0)Eastern Illinois (2–2)Delaware State (3–1)Georgia Southern (4–1)Eastern Kentucky (5–2)Grambling State (6–1)Eastern Illinois (6–3)Eastern Washington (6–3)Fordham (8–2)Elon (7–4)Yale (9–1)21.
22.Montana StateTennessee–Martin (0–1)Western Illinois (1–1)Eastern Illinois (1–2)Nicholls State (3–1)Illinois State (2–3)Cal Poly (3–2)Eastern Washington (4–2)Georgia Southern (5–2)Alabama A&M (7–1)Eastern Illinois (6–3)Hofstra (7–3)Harvard (8–2)South Dakota State (7–4)22.
23.Sam Houston StateWestern Illinois (1–0)Yale (0–0)Lafayette (3–0)Eastern Washington (3–0)Western Illinois (3–2)Eastern Illinois (3–3)Grambling State (5–1)Norfolk State (6–1)Youngstown State (5–4)Fordham (8–2)Alabama A&M (8–2)Fordham (8–3)Elon (7–4)23.
24.YaleYale (0–0)Delaware State (2–0)Cal Poly (1–2)Cal Poly (2–2)Cal Poly (3–2)Lafayette (4–1)Eastern Illinois (4–3)San Diego (7–0)Nicholls State (5–3)Western Illinois (6–4)Dayton (10–1)Dayton (10–1)Grambling State (8–4)24.
25. Princeton Nicholls State (1–0)Alabama A&M (2–0)Alabama A&M (3–0)Richmond (2–1)The Citadel (3–1)Grambling State (4–1)Hampton (4–1) тEastern Illinois (5–3)Villanova (5–3)Dayton (5–4) тHarvard (7–2)South Dakota State (7–4)Dayton (11–1)25.
26.       San Diego (6–0) т  Norfolk State (7–2) т   26.
Preseason
[39]
Week 1
Sept 4 [40]
Week 2
Sept 11 [41]
Week 3
Sept 18 [42]
Week 4
Sept 25 [43]
Week 5
Oct 2 [44]
Week 6
Oct 9 [45]
Week 7
Oct 16 [46]
Week 8
Oct 23 [47]
Week 9
Oct 30 [48]
Week 10
Nov 6 [49]
Week 11
Nov 13 [50]
Week 12
Nov 20 [51]
Week 13
Postseason [52]
Dropped:
  • 19 South Dakota State
  • 20 Coastal Carolina
  • 25 Princeton
Dropped:
  • 19 Portland State
  • 21 Texas State
  • 22 Tennessee–Martin
Dropped:
24 Delaware State
Dropped:
  • 23 Lafayette
  • 25 Alabama A&M
Dropped:
  • 19 Furman
  • 23 Eastern Washington
Dropped:
  • 19 Sam Houston State
  • 22 Illinois State
  • 25 The Citadel
Dropped:
  • 21 Georgia Southern
  • 24 Lafayette
Dropped:
  • 17 Western Illinois
  • 20 Cal Poly
  • 22 Eastern Washington
  • 25 Hampton
Dropped:
  • 16 Montana State
  • 23 Norfolk State
  • 24 San Diego
Dropped:
  • 22 Alabama A&M
  • 24 Nicholls State
  • 25 Villanova
Dropped:
  • 19 Elon
  • 24 Western Illinois
  • 25 Norfolk State
Dropped:
  • 22 Hofstra
  • 23 Alabama A&M
None

Notes

  1. In the actual printed polls, UMass was listed as Massachusetts
  2. In the actual printed polls, Cal Poly was sometimes listed as Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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The 2008 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Denver Johnson in his ninth and final season as head coach, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing eighth in the MVFC. Illinois State played home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.

The 2006 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by interim head coach Mark Hutson, as head coach Bob Spoo was unable to coach for medical reasons, and played their home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois. The Panthers finished the season with an 8–5 record overall and a 7–1 mark in conference play, sharing the OVC title with Tennessee–Martin. The team received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they lost to Illinois State in the first round. Eastern Illinois was ranked No. 15 in The Sports Network's postseason ranking of NCAA Division I FCS teams.

The 2007 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by 20th-year head coach Bob Spoo and played their home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois. The Panthers finished the season with an 8–4 record overall and a 7–1 record in conference play. The team received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they lost to Southern Illinois in the first round. Eastern Illinois was ranked No. 18 in The Sports Network's postseason ranking of NCAA Division I FCS teams.

The 2009 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Dale Lennon and played their home games at McAndrew Stadium. The Salukis finished the season with an 11–2 record overall and an 8–0 mark in conference play, winning the MVFC title. The team received an automatic bid to the FCS playoffs, where they defeated Eastern Illinois in the first round before losing to William & Mary in the quarterfinals. The team was ranked No. 6 in The Sports Network's postseason ranking of FCS teams.

The 2007 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Jerry Kill and played their home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois. The Salukis finished the season with a 12–2 record overall and a 5–1 record in conference play. The team received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs, where they defeated Eastern Illinois and UMass before losing to Delaware in the semifinals. Southern Illinois was ranked No. 3 in The Sports Network's postseason ranking of FCS teams.

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